Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 7
In the Discipline of Knowledge, the Lord declares, the real and unreal, as separate entities. "The unreal has no existence, and the real never ceases to be" (2/16). Similarly, matter (nature) spirit, and Ksetra (field)—Ksetrajiia (knower of the field) are described in the Gita, time and again, as "Know matter and spirit to be both, without beginning" (13/19); "The knowledge of Ksetra (field or matter) and ksetrajna (spirit), is true knowledge" (13/2); "Whatever being, is born, the unmoving or the moving know it, as emanated from the union of Ksetra (Matter) and Ksetrajna (spirit) (13/26); 'Ksetrajna (the Lord of the Ksetra viz., spirit), illumines the whole Ksetra (field or matter) (13/33); "Those who perceive with an eye of wisdom, this distinction between the Ksetra and Ksetrajna, reach the Supreme" (13/34). Thus, by distinguishing the two, a striver realizes, that self is unconnected with Matter, and is totally untainted.
A striver, should possess both devotion and knowledge.
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