Bhagavad Gita Study Group V 2

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Sri Bhagavan said:

 

This body, O Son of Kunti [Arjuna] is known as the field;

 

and he who is aware of it is called the Knower of the field by the wise .

 

X111:1

 

 

Note

..The translation is by Arthur Osborne and

Prof.Kulkarni.

The translators use 'Sri Bhagavan' in many places instead of Krishna.

Nisargadatta suggested once that it was useful to read the Gita from the

standpoint of Krishna

rather than that of Arjuna .

 

 

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

SrI bhagavAn uvAca

idam Sariram kaunteya kshetram ity abhidhIyate |

etad yo vetti tam prAhuh kshetrajña iti tadvidah||

(13.1) 2

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Bhagavan said:

This body, O Son of Kunti, is called kshetra, Œthe field¹; he who knows this is

called Kshetrajña, Œthe knower of the field¹, by the Sages.

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note:

Kshetra is the field of mind/body. As seeds are planted, tended and come to

fruition in any field, so it is with the mind/body. Kshetra is the sphere of

activity. Kshetrajña, the conscious principle, is the Cultivator (jIva) of the

field.

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