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Bhagavad Gita · 13.34 · Yoga through Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field·34 of 35

यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविःक्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत

yathā prakāśhayaty ekaḥ kṛitsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ

kṣhetraṁ kṣhetrī tathā kṛitsnaṁ prakāśhayati bhārata

Sanskrit recitation

Matter, spirit, and freedom · 13.19–13.35 · Teaching

Translation

Just as the one sun illuminates the entire world, so too does the Lord of the field (Supreme Self) illuminate the entire field, O Arjuna.

Meaning

The Supreme Self is one. It illumines the whole matter from the Unmanifested down to the blade of grass or a lump of clay, from the great elements down to firmness or fortitude. (Cf. verses 5 and 6.) Just as the sun is one, just as the sun illumines the whole world, just as the sun is not tainted, so also the Self is One in all bodies, It illumines all the bodies and It is not contaminated.

After Swami Sivananda

Matter, spirit, and freedom· 13.19–13.35

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
imam
this
lokam
solar system
ekaḥ
one
tathā
so
yathā
as
raviḥ
sun
bhārata
Arjun, the son of Bharat
kṛitsnam
entire
kṣhetram
the body
kṣhetrī
the soul
prakāśhayati
illumine

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