Bhagavat Gita - 44

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Bhagavat Gita - 44

 

The field and its knower (Chapter 13 verses 1-6)

The Lord said: There are two categories in the consciousness of

man - the object and the subject, the 'seen' and the 'seer'. The

'seen' is in the field, the body: the 'seer' is the Spirit, the

Jiva. The body-mind is the 'field', because it is the environment

in association with which the 'seer, the Jiva, enjoys the fruits

of his actions and also undergoes spiritual evolution. Thus the

body-mind is its adjunct, the instrument through which the

Spirit contacts objects. Still, it is only the 'seen', the

'object', because the 'seer', the Jiva, is not part of it but

distinct from it and master of it.

 

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Based on " Srimad Bhagavat Gita - The Scripture of Mankind "

a translation by Rev Swami Tapasyanandaji, published by

Sri Ramakrishna Math - Chennai. http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/

 

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