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Chapter 13
Link:- In the next verse, the Lord explains what that Ksetrajda is.
ksetrajnam capi mam viddhi sarvaksetresu bharata
ksetraksetrajnayorjnanam yattajjnanath matam mama
Know Me as the knower of self (Ksetrajna) in all the bodies (Ksetras), Arjuna. The Knowledge of Ksetra and Ksetrajna, is considered true knowledge, by Me. 2
Comment:-
Ksetrajnam rapt mam viddhi sarvaksetresu bharata:- In all Ksetras (fields or bodies), 'I am', consists of two parts 'I', and 'am'. In 'I am' 'I' is Ksetra (which has been mentioned as 'Etat', in the preceding verse), while 'am', the knower of I'neas, is Ksetrajda (which has been called the knower, by the term, 'Yah vetti'. It is called 'am', because of the use of the word 'I'. If it is not used with 'I'. it will not remain 'am', but it will remain 'Is'. The reason is that, 'Is' is called 'am' because of its use with 'I'. Therefore, in fact, 'Kselrajna (am), has its affinity with God (Is). So the Lord declares, "Know Me, as Ksetrajna, in all Ksetras."
The object, known is called 'Jneya', and that 'Jneya' is known, through an organ. There are two types of organs - outer and inner. A man, knows objects with outer organs (cars, eyes etc.) and knows the outer organs with inner organs (mind, intellect etc.).
The inner organ, has four faculties—mind, intellect, cogitation and ego. Out of these ego is the subtlest. Ego is known by luminous 'Ksetrajna. This 'Ksetrajna', is an embodiment of God.
Here the Lord, uses the term 'Viddhi' (know), to impress upon Arjuna, that he should know that he has his identity with Him, not with the body. As he identifies himself, with the body and regards the body as his own, so should he identify himself with Him (oversoul), and regard Him, as his own. As the self (soul), and the Lord, have been identified here, they have also been identified in the seventeenth verse of the second chapter, when the Lord declares, for the soul, "Know that to be imperishable, by which all the universe is pervaded" and in the fourth verse of the ninth chapter, when He declares for Himself, "All this universe is pervaded by Me." Thus the Lord, identifies the Ksetrajda (His portion), with Himself. Further in the thirty-fourth verse of this chapter, he explains the identity of bodies and world (the evolutes of prakrti), with prakrti (matter). The Lord, exhorls Atuna to have a disinclination for the body, which is a portion of prakrti and an inclination instead for Him, because he is His portion.
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