Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 18
Chapter 13
Verse 19 of 35
Verse 20
Verse 13.19
इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः। मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ॥13.19॥
13.18 iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ madbhakta etad vijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Thus the field (kṣetra), and knowledge (jñāna), and the object of knowledge (jñeya) have been declared in brief. My devotee (bhakta), having understood this, becomes fit for My state of being (madbhāva).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Know that both nature and man's spirit have no beginning, that qualities and changes have their origin in nature.

ZaehnerJesuit

(18) And so in brief I have explained the 'field' and 'knowledge' and 'that which should be known'; the man who loves-and-worships Me, on knowing this, becomes fit to [share in] my own mode of being.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

13.19 Thus has been spoken of in brief the field as also Knowledge and the Knowable. By understanding this My devotee becomes qualified for My state.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

13.19 Thus the Kṣetra, knowledge and the object of knowledge have been briefly set forth. On knowing this, My devotee becomes fit to attain My state of being.

SivanandaVedanta

13.19 Thus the field, as well as knowledge and the knowable have been briefly stated. My devotee, knowing this, enters into My Being.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 18
Chapter 13
Verse 19 of 35
Verse 20