श्रीभगवानुवाच | इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते | एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ||१३-२||
śrībhagavānuvāca . idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate . etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ ||13-2||
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Personality of Godhead said
- idam
- this
- śarīram
- body
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- kṣetram
- the field
- iti
- thus
- abhidhīyate
- is called
- etat
- this
- yaḥ
- one who
- vetti
- knows
- tam
- he
- prāhuḥ
- is called
- kṣetra-jñaḥ
- the knower of the field
- iti
- thus
- tat-vidaḥ
- by those who know this
Arjuna said: O my dear Kṛṣṇa, I wish to know about prakṛti [nature], puruṣa [the enjoyer], and the field and the knower of the field, and of knowledge and the object of knowledge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: This body, O son of Kuntī, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.