Verse 13.2

bg.13.2

Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

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

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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."

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।13.2।।श्रीभगवान् बोले -- हे कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन ! 'यह' -- रूपसे कहे जानेवाले शरीरको 'क्षेत्र' कहते हैं और इस क्षेत्रको जो जानता है, उसको ज्ञानीलोग 'क्षेत्रज्ञ' नामसे कहते हैं।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha—the Supreme Divine Lord said; idam—this; śharīram—body; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; kṣhetram—the field of activities; iti—thus; abhidhīyate—is termed as; etat—this; yaḥ—one who; vetti—knows; tam—that person; prāhuḥ—is called; kṣhetra-jñaḥ—the knower of the field; iti—thus; tat-vidaḥ—those who discern the truth

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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