BHAGAVAD-GITA 13:35

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 13:35

 

ksetra-ksetrajnayor evam

antaram jnana-caksusa

bhuta-prakrti-moksam ca

ye vidur yanti te param

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

ksetra--of the body; ksetra-jnayoh--of the proprietor of the body;

evam--thus; antaram--the difference; jnana-caksusa--by the vision of

knowledge; bhuta--of the living entity; prakrti--from material nature;

moksam--the liberation; ca--also; ye--those who; viduh--know;

yanti--approach; te--they; param--the Supreme.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body

and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of

liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme

goal.

 

PURPORT

 

The purport of this Thirteenth Chapter is that one should know the

distinction between the body, the owner of the body, and the

Supersoul. One should recognize the process of liberation, as

described in verses eight through twelve. Then one can go on to the

supreme destination.

 

A faithful person should at first have some good association to hear

of God and thus gradually become enlightened. If one accepts a

spiritual master, one can learn to distinguish between matter and

spirit, and that becomes the steppingstone for further spiritual

realization. A spiritual master, by various instructions, teaches his

students to get free from the material concept of life. For instance,

in Bhagavad-gita we find Krsna instructing Arjuna to free him from

materialistic considerations.

 

One can understand that this body is matter; it can be analyzed with

its twenty-four elements. The body is the gross manifestation. And the

subtle manifestation is the mind and psychological effects. And the

symptoms of life are the interaction of these features. But over and

above this, there is the soul, and there is also the Supersoul. The

soul and the Supersoul are two. This material world is working by the

conjunction of the soul and the twenty-four material elements. One who

can see the constitution of the whole material manifestation as this

combination of the soul and material elements and can also see the

situation of the Supreme Soul becomes eligible for transfer to the

spiritual world. These things are meant for contemplation and for

realization, and one should have a complete understanding of this

chapter with the help of the spiritual master.

 

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Thirteenth Chapter of the

Srimad Bhagavad-gita in the matter of Nature, the Enjoyer and

Consciousness.

 

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