śrī arjuna uvāca
prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñam eva ca |
etad veditum icchāmi jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ ca keśava || 1 ||
Arjuna Asked
O Kesava, I desire to learn about the spirit and about matter, about the Field and its Knower, about
knowledge and the knower.
Śrī Bhagavān uvāca
idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetram ityabhidhīyate |
etad yo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajñā iti tad vidaḥ || 2 ||
The Lord said:
2. This body, O Arjuna, is called the Field (Kṣetra). One who knows it is called the ‘Knower of
the Field’ (Kṣetrajña), by the enlightened ones.
