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BG 13.34 — 13.34 Just as the one sun illumines the whole world, so also the Lord of the field (Supreme Self) illumines the whole field, O Arjuna. | Live Gita
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यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः |
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ||१३-३४||

yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṃ lokamimaṃ raviḥ . kṣetraṃ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati bhārata ||13-34||


।।13.34।। हे भारत ! जिस प्रकार एक ही सूर्य इस सम्पूर्ण लोक को प्रकाशित करता है, उसी प्रकार एक ही क्षेत्री (क्षेत्रज्ञ) सम्पूर्ण क्षेत्र को प्रकाशित करता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

13.34 यथा as? प्रकाशयति illumines? एकः one? कृत्स्नम् the whole? लोकम् world? इमम् this? रविः sun? क्षेत्रम् the field? क्षेत्री the Lord of the field (Paramatma)? तथा so? कृत्स्नम् the whole? प्रकाशयति illumines? भारत O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna).Commentary The Supreme Self is one. It illumines the whole matter from the Unmanifested down to the blade of grass or a lump of clay? from the great elements down to firmness or fortitude. (Cf. verses 5 and 6.) Just as the sun is one? just as the s

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Swami Gambirananda

13.34 As the single sun illumines this whole world, similarly, O descendant of the Bharata dynasty, the Knower of the field illumines the whole field.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।13.34।।तथा --, जैसे एक ही सूर्य इस समस्त लोकको प्रकाशित करता है? वैसे ही? महाभूतोंसे लेकर धृतिपर्यन्त बतलाये हुए समस्त क्षेत्रको वह एक होते हुए भी प्रकाशित करता है। कौन करता है क्षेत्रज्ञ -- परमात्मा। यहाँ आत्मामें सूर्यका दृष्टान्त दोनों प्रकारसे ही घटता है? आत्मा सूर्यकी भाँति समस्त शरीरोंमें एक है और अलिप्त भी है।

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This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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