Bhagavad Gita 13.2 Meaning: Kshetrajnam chapi mam viddhi

Bhagavad Gita 13.2

क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥

Kshetrajnam chapi mam viddhi sarvakshetreshu bharataKshetrakshetrajnayorjnanam yattajjnanam matam mama

kṣetrajñaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sarvakṣetreṣu bhārata |kṣetrakṣetrajñayorjñānaṃ yattajjñānaṃ mataṃ mama ||

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Our explanation Krishna tells Arjuna to know him as the knower of the field in all fields. Knowledge of the field and of its knower, he says, is in his view true knowledge. The schools read “know Me as the knower of the field” very differently (see the views).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन से कहते हैं कि सब क्षेत्रों में उन्हें भी क्षेत्रज्ञ जानो। वे कहते हैं कि क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ का ज्ञान ही उनके मत में सच्चा ज्ञान है। “मुझे क्षेत्रज्ञ जानो” को परंपराएँ बहुत अलग-अलग ढंग से समझती हैं।

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क्षेत्रज्ञम् kṣetrajñam · the knower of the field (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kṣetra-jña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 332, col. 2 “'knowing the body,' i.e. the soul, the conscious principle in the corporeal frame”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
विद्धि viddhi · know (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
सर्वक्षेत्रेषु sarvakṣetreṣu · in all fields (compound (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”; kṣetra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 332, col. 1 “a field”
भारत bhārata · O Bharata (Arjuna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: bhārata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोः kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ · of the field and its knower (compound (masculine), genitive dual) Dictionary: kṣetra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 332, col. 1 “a field”; kṣetra-jña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 332, col. 2 “'knowing the body,' i.e. the soul, the conscious principle in the corporeal frame”
ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
यत् yat · which (relative pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
मतम् matam · is held to be (past participle (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: mata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1 “thought, believed, imagined, supposed, understood; regarded or considered as”
मम mama · by "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”

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