Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 34

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 34

    यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत।।13.34।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yathā prakāśhayaty ekaḥ kṛitsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ kṣhetraṁ kṣhetrī tathā kṛitsnaṁ prakāśhayati bhārata

    Translation

    As the one sun illuminates this entire world, so does the Knower of the Field (Ksetrin, the self), O Arjuna, illuminate the entire Field (the body).
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