Chapter 13 · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga - The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the FieldKrishna
Verse 34
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 13, श्लोक 34
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत॥३४॥
Transliteration
Yatha Prakashayaty-Ekah Kritsnam Lokam-Imam Ravih.
Kshetram Kshetri Tatha Kritsnam Prakashayati Bharata.
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
यथाyathajust as
प्रकाशयतिprakashayatiilluminates
एकःekahone
कृत्स्नम्kritsnamentire
लोकम्lokamworld
रविःravihthe sun
क्षेत्रम्kshetramthe field
क्षेत्रीkshetrithe knower of the field
प्रकाशयतिprakashayatiilluminates
भारतbharataO Bharata
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
हे भारत! जैसे एक सूर्य इस समस्त लोक को प्रकाशित करता है, वैसे ही एक क्षेत्री (आत्मा) समस्त क्षेत्र (शरीर) को प्रकाशित करता है।
English Translation
Just as the one sun illuminates this entire world, so does the one knower of the field (the Self) illuminate the entire field (the body), O Bharata.
Commentary (टीका)
This is one of the Gita's most powerful analogies. Just as one sun illuminates the whole world without being affected by what it illumines, the one conscious Self illuminates the entire body-mind complex without being tainted by its activities. The sun does not become wet by illuminating water or dirty by illuminating mud — similarly, the Self remains pure while making all experience possible.