Bhagavad Gita 13.23 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Inside your body lives God — the quiet witness.”
What it means
“Within this body is the supreme spirit — the witness, the one who allows, the supporter, the experiencer, the great lord, the highest self.”
The original Sanskrit
उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः । परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः ॥
upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ paramātmeti cāpyukto dehe.asminpuruṣaḥ paraḥ
Translations
Literal translation
He who is the Witness, the Permitter, the Sustainer, the Experiencer, the great Lord, and who is also spoken of as the transcendental Self is the supreme Person in this body.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
परम पुरुष ही इस देह में उपद्रष्टा, अनुमन्ता ,भर्ता, भोक्ता, महेश्वर और परमात्मा कहा जात ा है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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