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Bhagavad Gita 13.1

श्री भगवान उवाच इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha idaṁ śharīraṁ kaunteya kṣhetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣhetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaśhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Divine Lord said
idamidamthis
śharīramśharīrambody
kaunteyakaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
kṣhetramkṣhetramthe field of activities
itiitithus
abhidhīyateabhidhīyateis termed as
etatetatthis
yaḥyaḥone who
vettivettiknows
tamtamthat person
prāhuḥprāhuḥis called
kṣhetra-jñaḥkṣhetra-jñaḥthe knower of the field
itiitithus
tat-vidaḥtat-vidaḥthose who discern the truth

The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, this body is called the field; he who knows it is called the knower of the field by those who know them."

श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- हे कौन्तेय ! यह शरीर क्षेत्र कहा जाता है और इसको जो जानता है, उसे तत्त्वज्ञ जन, क्षेत्रज्ञ कहते हैं।।