Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13, Verse 19 (BG 13.19)

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इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः |
मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ||१३-१९||

iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ . madbhakta etadvijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate ||13-19||

Thus the field, as well as knowledge and the knowable have been briefly stated. My devotee, knowing this, enters into My Being.

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Krishna summarizes: "I have briefly described the field, what knowledge is, and what is worth knowing. The devotee who truly understands all of this enters into My being."

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इतिthusक्षेत्रम्the fieldतथाas well asज्ञानम्knowledgeज्ञेयम्the knowableचandउक्तम्have been statedसमासतःbrieflyमद्भक्तःMy devoteeएतत्thisविज्ञायknowingमद्भावायto My beingउपपद्यतेenters

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Swami Sivananda

13.19 इति thus? क्षेत्रम् the field? तथा as well as? ज्ञानम् knowledge? ज्ञेयम् the knowable? च and? उक्तम् have been stated? समासतः briefly? मद्भक्तः My devotee? एतत् this? विज्ञाय knowing? मद्भावाय to My being? उपपद्यते enters.Commentary He whohas controlled his mind and organs? who has the knowledge of the field and the knowable? and who fixes his mind on Me becomes one with Me.Thus the field described above (beginning with the great elements and ending with firmness? verses 5 and 6)? knowledge described above (beginning with humility and ending with perception of the end of true knowledge in verses 7 to 11) and the knowable described in verses 12 to 17 -- these have briefly been stated.He who has singleminded devotion unto Me? who takes Me (Vaasudeva? the Supreme Lord? the omniscient? and the supreme Guru) as the Self of everything? he who thinks and feels that all that he sees? hears and touches is nothing but the Lord and he who has the right knowledge described above enters into My Being or attains release from birth and death.

Swami Chinmayananda

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Swami Chinmayananda

# BG 13.19 Thus far, all that has been expounded in the teachings of the Gita is indeed the very doctrine of the Vedas. From the great elements down to steadfastness—this is the field. From humility and the other virtues up to the vision of true knowledge—this is the description of wisdom. And in the verses that follow, the object of knowledge itself is revealed. Now the question arises: who is the supreme worthy recipient of this knowledge? The Blessed Lord declares: he who is My devotee attains to My true nature. Yet this devotion is not merely sentimental affection. Rather, it is the devotion of one who, through discrimination between the field and the knower of the field, has gained direct realization that Vasudeva alone dwells as the knower of the field in all beings. Such a seeker is the supreme devotee who attains to My true nature. The field and the knower of the field—this very distinction shall be described in the verse that follows, in the form of prakriti and purusha.

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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13, Verse 19 (BG 13.19) — Meaning, Translation & Commentary

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