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Chapter 13
Link:- Having given a brief description of Ksetra (Body), knowledge and the knowable (worth knowing), from the first verse to the seventeenth verse, the Lord now concludes, the topic, in the next verse, by pointing out the reward of knowing this topic.
iti ksetram tatha jnanam jfleyam coktam samasatah
madbhakta etadvijnaya madbhavayopapadyate
Thus the Ksetra (body), knowledge ()nana) and the object of knowledge (the knowable) have been briefly described; and knowing this in reality, My devotee reaches Me. 18
Comment:-
ksetram tatha jnanam jneyam coktam samasatah:- The Ksetra, has been described, in the fifth and sixth verses of this chapter; the twenty virtues which have been mentioned, from the seventh verse to the eleventh verse, have been declared knowledge and God, Who is the object of knowledge, has been discussed, from the twelfth verse to the seventeenth verse. Thus they have been briefly described, by the Lord.
Madbhakta etadvijnaya madbhavayopapadyate:- A devotee, having known the Ksetra, knowledge in the form of twenty virtues, and the knowable (God) in reality, attains the Lord or realizes his identity with Him. His assumed affinity, with the Ksetra (body) is renounced, by knowing the true nature of Ksetra, his sense of individuality vanishes, by having a deep insight into knowledge, consisting of the twenty virtues, and he attains God viz., realizes his identity with Him, by knowing the Knowable.
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