Shloka 32
Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña-Jñāna–Jñeya-Viveka
Field, Knower, Knowledge, and the Knowable
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्न मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन । अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वाद: प्रवदतामहम्,हे अर्जुन! सृष्टियोंका आदि और अन्त तथा मध्य भी मैं ही हूँ। मैं विद्याओंमें अध्यात्मविद्यारं अर्थात् ब्रह्मविद्या और परस्पर विवाद करने-वालोंका तत्त्व- निर्णयके लिये किया जानेवाला वाद” हूँ
sargāṇām ādir antaś ca madhyaṃ caivāham arjuna | adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatām aham ||
হে অর্জুন! সৃষ্টিসমূহের আদিও আমি, অন্তও আমি, মধ্যও আমি। বিদ্যাগুলির মধ্যে আমি অধ্যাত্মবিদ্যা (ব্রহ্মবিদ্যা), আর বাক্যুদ্ধকারীদের মধ্যে সত্য-নির্ণয়ের জন্য যে শাস্ত্রসম্মত বিতর্ক—সেই ‘বাদ’ আমি।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme identifies Himself as the origin, culmination, and sustaining middle of all created processes, and as the highest form of knowledge—Self-knowledge. He also sanctifies “vāda,” reasoned debate aimed at arriving at truth, presenting ethical discourse as a dharmic tool for discernment rather than victory or humiliation.
Within the battlefield dialogue, Krishna is enumerating His vibhūtis (manifest excellences) to stabilize Arjuna’s understanding and devotion. This verse highlights that the Lord pervades cosmic time (beginning–middle–end) and also guides human pursuits of learning and argument toward right conclusion.