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Bhagavad Gita · 13.35 · Yoga through Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field·35 of 35

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषाभूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम्

kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā

bhūta-prakṛiti-mokṣhaṁ cha ye vidur yānti te param

Sanskrit recitation

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

Translation

They who, by the eye of knowledge, perceive the distinction between the field and its knower, as well as the liberation from the Nature of being, go to the Supreme.

Meaning

They who know through the eye of intuition opened by meditation and the instructions of the spiritual preceptor and the scriptures, that the field is insentient, the doer, changing and finite, and that the knower of the field (the Self) is pure consciousness, the nondoer, unchanging and infinite, and who also perceive the nonexistence of Nature, ignorance, the Unmanifested, the material cause of being -- they attain the Supreme. Through the attainment of Selfrealisation or knowledge of the Self, they are entirely liberated from the clutches or the influence of Maya (delusion) and ignorance. They do not assume any more bodies. They are not born again. They attain Kaivalya Moksha.In accordance with the doctrine of the Sankhyas, bondage and freedom do not pertain to the Self because It is always unattached and it is the nondoer and nonenjoyer and also without limbs or parts. But on account of Its union with Nature, It assumes agency through superimposition. When ignorance is annihilated through the knowledge of the Self, Nature which is conjoined with the Self is liberated. Then She gives up Her play or dance in front of the Spirit. She has discharged all Her duties well for the sake of the enjoyment and the release (Bhoga and Apavarga) of the Purusha (Spirit). Therefore the Sankhyas declare that bondage and freedom are states of Nature only

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
te
they
ye
who
cha
and
evam
thus
param
the Supreme
bhūta
the living entity
yānti
approach
antaram
the difference
viduḥ
know
kṣhetra
the body
kṣhetra-jñayoḥ
of the knower of the body
prakṛiti-mokṣham
release from material nature
jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā
with the eyes of knowledge

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