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Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga · The Field & the Knower of the Field
Bhagavad Gita 13.14-18
Sanskrit
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥13.14॥सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥13.15॥बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च । सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥13.16॥अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् । भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥13.17॥ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते । ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् ॥13.18॥
Transliteration
sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ tatsarvato'kṣiśiromukham | sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati ‖13.14‖ sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam | asaktaṃ sarvabhṛccaiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca ‖13.15‖ bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṃ carameva ca | sūkṣmatvāttadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat ‖13.16‖ avibhaktaṃ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam | bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca ‖13.17‖ jyotiṣāmapi tajjyotistamasaḥ paramucyate | jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam ‖13.18‖
Meaning
“With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads, and mouths everywhere, with hearing everywhere, That stands, enveloping all in the world. Shining through the functions of all the senses, yet without senses; unattached, yet supporting all; free of gunas, yet experiencing the gunas. Outside and within all beings; the unmoving and also the moving; because of its subtlety incomprehensible; far away and also near. Undivided, yet remaining as if divided among beings; to be known as the supporter of beings, the devourer and the generator. The Light even of lights, beyond darkness it is said to be; knowledge, the knowable, the goal of knowledge, seated in the hearts of all.”
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