Bhagavad Gita 13.34 meaningThe field and the knower

In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it

“Like the sun lights the whole world, the soul lights up the body.”

What it means

“As the one sun lights up the whole world, the knower of the field lights up the whole field.”

The original Sanskrit

यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः । क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥

yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṃ lokamimaṃ raviḥ kṣetraṃ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati bhārata

Literal translation

As the single sun illumines this whole world, similarly, O descendant of the Bharata dynasty, the Knower of the field illumines the whole field.

Swami Gambhirananda

हिंदी अनुवाद

हे भारत ! जिस प्रकार एक ही सूर्य इस सम्पूर्ण लोक को प्रकाशित करता है, उसी प्रकार एक ही क्षेत्री (क्षेत्रज्ञ) सम्पूर्ण क्षेत्र को प्रकाशित करता है।

Swami Tejomayananda

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