Bhagavad Gita 13.3 Meaning: Tatkshetram yachcha yadrik cha

Bhagavad Gita 13.3

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु ॥

Tatkshetram yachcha yadrik cha yadvikari yatashcha yatSa cha yo yatprabhavashcha tatsamasena me shrinu

tatkṣetraṃ yacca yādṛk ca yadvikāri yataśca yat |sa ca yo yatprabhāvaśca tatsamāsena me śṛṇu ||

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Our explanation Krishna asks Arjuna to hear in brief what the field is, what it is like, how it changes and where it comes from, and who its knower is and what powers it has.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन से कहते हैं कि संक्षेप में सुनो कि वह क्षेत्र क्या है, कैसा है, उसमें क्या विकार (बदलाव) होते हैं और वह कहाँ से आता है; और उसका जानने वाला कौन है और उसकी क्या शक्तियाँ हैं।

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तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
क्षेत्रम् kṣetram · the field (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: kṣetra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 332, col. 1 “a field”
यत् yat · what (it is) (relative pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
यादृक् yādṛk · of what kind (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yādṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 851, col. 2 “which like, as like, of whatever kind or nature”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
यद्विकारि yadvikāri · with what changes (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”; vi-kārin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 954, col. 3 “liable to change, changeable, variable”
यतः yataḥ · from what (indeclinable) Dictionary: yatas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 841, col. 2 “from which or what, whence, whereof, wherefrom”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
यत् yat · what (it comes from) (relative pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
सः saḥ · he (the knower) (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
यत्प्रभावः yatprabhāvaḥ · with what powers (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”; pra-bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 2 “might, power”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
समासेन samāsena · in brief (noun (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. sam-āsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1158, col. 2 “succinctness, conciseness, condensation”
मे me · from "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.)”
शृणु śṛṇu · hear (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. śru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1100, col. 3 “to hear, listen or attend to anything”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The e-text joins यादृक्च; the 1922 edition prints यादृक् च as two words, as another digital text does (yādṛk ca).

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