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Chapter 13<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 13 Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n SrI bhagavAn uvAcha SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – SrI bhagavAn spoke SrI bhagavAn spoke – Oh arjuna! This body is said to be the field (for AthmA’s enjoyment). Athma gyAnis (those who are knowledgeable about the soul) call such a person, who knows this body, as kshEthragya: (knower of the field).<\/p>\n ‘This, the body, Kaunteya! is designated as Kshetra[1. Kshetra<\/em>=matter, body, habitat, field, place or that which is enjoyed. = Capacity<\/em>, the container.], and he who knows it, as the Kshetraj\u00f1a[2. Kshetraj\u1e47\u0101 is the soul, the knower, the conscious dweller or he who enjoys the field (Kshetra<\/em>)=Informer<\/em>, the contained.]; so say the savants versed (in spiritual love.)’<\/span><\/p>\n This, the body<\/em>: That, in correlated connection with which, the experiencer, -soul,- thinks, \u2018I am Deva\u2019, \u2018I am man \u2019, \u2018I am corpulent<\/a>\u2019, \u2018I am slender\u2019 etc; that which is distinct from the experiencing soul; and that which the wise who know what bodies are, assert as the field (kshetra<\/em>)[3. Kshetra<\/em>=matter, body, habitat, field, place or that which is enjoyed. = Capacity<\/em>, the container.] for soul\u2019s enjoyment.<\/span><\/p>\n And him \u2014who knows<\/em> it (body) as composed of members (or parts i.e.<\/em>, divisible), or it, as an aggregated whole; who knows<\/em> it in the manner of the statement: \u2018I<\/em> know this<\/em> (the body)\u2019; who is thus the cognizer<\/em> as contradistinguished from the cognized<\/em> (or cognoscible) which he cognizes<\/em> \u2014the wise who know what soul is, assert as the \u2018knower of the field<\/em>\u2019 (kshetra-j\u00f1a<\/em>[4. Kshetraj\u1e47\u0101 is the soul, the knower, the conscious dweller or he who enjoys the field (Kshetra<\/em>)=Informer<\/em>, the contained].)<\/span><\/p>\n It may be said that when cognition arises of objects like a pot etc, external to (ones\u2019 own) body, the cognition is of the form \u2018I who am Deva, or I who am man, cognize the pot etc\u2019 implying that the cognizer is the cognizer, the soul, as correlated<\/em> to an inseparable body (not I, the soul, independently<\/em> of body). Admitted, but still when the soul has experience of its own body, the experience of the body itself is similar to the cognition of a pot, for, \u2018I cognize the pot\u2019 is equivalent to \u2018I cognize the body\u2019; hence like the pot, does the body exactly stand in the place of cognized<\/em> objects, external to a cognizing<\/em> soul. Hence, as from a cognized<\/em> pot, so from the cognized<\/em> body also, the cognizer<\/em> \u2014the kshetra-j\u00f1a<\/em>,\u2014 is a distinct entity.<\/span><\/p>\n To assert, however, the indiscerptible<\/a> attributive character of the body to the soul, in accordance with the Law of Co-existence of Subject and Attribute (s\u0101m\u0101n\u0101dhi-k\u0101ra\u1e47ya<\/em>) stands to reason in the same manner that a class \u2014like cattle, a generic term\u2014 is an inseparable attribute (or common term) of every particular individual, say a cow or bull, falling under that generic term viz:<\/em> the class, cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n Inasmuch as the singularly unique nature of the cognizer (soul) precludes perceivability by any of the senses, the eye etc; and is only conceivable by the mind after the latter\u2019s subjection to the process of Yoga (or the practice of introspection developing the sense of intuition in the mind), the ignorant \u2014ignorant by reason of the mere propinquity<\/a> of matter\u2014 misconceive that the mere bodily configuration is itself the cognizer (soul). Thus declares a future stanza:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018The unenlightened perceive not (him) the gu\u1e47a-linked, the quitter, the dweller, the enjoyer; but they<\/em> perceive, \u2014the wisdom-eyed.\u2019 (Gi:<\/em> XV-10<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 13 verse 2<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 13 << Chapter 13 Introduction SlOkam \u2013 Original SrI bhagavAn uvAcha idham SarIram kaunthEya kshEthram ityabhidhIyathE | Ethadh yO vEththi tham prAhu: kshEthragya ithi thadhvidha: || word-by-word meaning SrI bhagavAn uvAcha – SrI bhagavAn spoke kaunthEya – Oh arjuna! idham SarIram – this body … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-13","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15466,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions\/15466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nidham SarIram kaunthEya kshEthram ityabhidhIyathE |<\/em>
\n Ethadh yO vEththi tham prAhu: kshEthragya ithi thadhvidha: ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nkaunthEya – Oh arjuna!
\nidham SarIram – this body
\nkshEthram ithi – as field (for AthmA’s enjoyment)
\nabhidhIyathE – said.
\nEthadhya: vEththi – One who knows this body
\ntham – him
\nthadhvidha: – Athma gyAnis (those who are knowledgeable about the soul)
\nkshEthragya: ithi prAhu: – call him kshEthragya: (knower of the field).<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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