Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 13

Bhagavad Gita 13.18

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः।मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते॥

iti kṣhetraṁ tathā jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ choktaṁ samāsataḥ mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate

Translation

Thus the Field, Wisdom and the Object of Wisdom, have been briefly told. My devotee, thus knowing, enters into My Being.

What it means

Thus the field, knowledge, and the object of knowledge have been briefly told; My devotee, knowing this, enters into My being. The chapter's triad is complete: world, knower, and the supreme. Knowing the map is entry into the territory.

Try this today

The syllabus closed: field, knowledge and knowable - knowing the triad is entry.

Something to reflect on

Do I know my own map - what changes, what watches, what is beyond both?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.