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Verse 13·1

Arjuna asks about field and knower of field

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अर्जुन उवाच

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च ।एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव ॥

prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñameva caetadveditumicchāmi jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ ca keśava

Arjuna said: Prakriti and Purusha, the Field and the Knower of the Field, Knowledge and the object of Knowledge, these I fain would learn, O Keshava.

Gītā 13·1

All life, all works are a transaction between the soul and Nature. What is the original character of that transaction? what does it become at its spiritual culminating point? to what perfection does it lead the soul that gets free from its lower and external motives and grows inwardly into the very highest poise of the Spirit and deepest motive-force of the works of its energy in the universe? These are the questions involved….

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 410

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