13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.7

...craving and aversion, happiness and sorrow, the body, sentience, and fortitude - these, together with their modifications, are the "field".

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः
एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्

  • ichchhā — desire

  • dveṣhaḥ — aversion

  • sukhaṁ — happiness, pleasure

  • duḥkhaṁ — misery, pain

  • saṅghātaśh — the aggregate

  • chetanā — the consciousness

  • dhṛitiḥ — the will

  • etat — all these

  • kṣhetraṁ — the field of activities

  • samāsena — comprise of

  • sa-vikāram — with modifications

    • sa

    • vikāram

  • udāhṛitam — are said

...13.5

The five elements (earth, fire, air, water, and space), personality, intellect, the life force, the ten organs of perception, the mind, and the five senses,

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craving and aversion, happiness and sorrow, the body, sentience, and fortitude - these, together with their modifications, are the "field".

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With humility, unpretentiousness, nonviolence, forgiveness, sincerity, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, and self-control

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renunciation of sensual pleasures, absence of pride, recognition of the painful cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death,

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with indifference toward children, spouses, and homes, and with equanimity toward both good fortune and bad,

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constantly devote yourself toward me alone, retreat to solitary places, and remain indifferent toward socializing.

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True wisdom is constantly yearning for knowledge of the self, and pondering the nature of reality. Ignorance is everything to the contrary.

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Similar verses

Chapter 13, Verse 7