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Chapter 13
Appendix—Ksetrajna (soul) and Brahma (the Absolute) are one. Having relationship with one 'ksetra', this soul is called 'ksetrajna' and when it is free from the relationship of all 'ksetras', it is 'Brahma'.
idam sariram kaunteya ksetram:- This expression proves that there is identification of the body (ksetra) with infinite universes (the entire creation) and the expression 'ksetrajnarh capi mam viddhi' proves that the Self is identified with the endless, boundless and limitless God. Therefore anything which is farthest from as (the Self) is the body and any entity which is nearest is God. It means that the body and the world are one and the Self and God are one (Gita 15/7). This is knowledge.
The term `mam' has been used for Brahma which means that Brahma and God are not two but only one - 'maya tatamidarii sarvam jagadavyaktamurtina' (GIta 9/4) `all this universe is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest form'. The Supreme Reality, which pervades endless universes without being tainted, is Brahma and He, Who is the master of endless universes, is God.
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