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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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
itiitithus
kṣhetramkṣhetramthe nature of the field
tathātathāand
jñānamjñānamthe meaning of knowledge
jñeyamjñeyamthe object of knowledge
chachaand
uktamuktamrevealed
samāsataḥsamāsataḥin summary
mat-bhaktaḥmat-bhaktaḥmy devotee
etatetatthis
vijñāyavijñāyahaving understood
mat-bhāvāyamat-bhāvāyamy divine nature
upapadyateupapadyateattain

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

इस प्रकार, (मेरे द्वारा) क्षेत्र, ज्ञान और ज्ञेय को संक्षेपत: कहा गया। इसे तत्त्व से जानकर (विज्ञाय) मेरा भक्त मेरे स्वरूप को प्राप्त होता है।।