Shloka 18
Śraddhā–Guṇa–Vibhāga Yoga (Faith and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata Book 6, Chapter 39
इति क्षेत्र तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्ते समासत: । मद्धभधक्त एतद् विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते,इस प्रकार क्षेत्र तथा ज्ञान और जाननेयोग्य परमात्मा-का स्वरूप संक्षेपसे कहा गया*। मेरा भक्त इसको तत्त्वसे जानकर मेरे स्वरूपको प्राप्त होता है?
iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ | mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate ||
So sind, in Kürze, das Feld (der verkörperte Zustand), das Wissen und die höchste Wirklichkeit, die zu erkennen ist, dargelegt worden. Wer Mir hingegeben ist und diese Lehre wahrhaft durchschaut, gelangt zu Meinem eigenen Zustand — zur Vereinigung mit Meinem Sein.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The teaching summarizes three essentials—kṣetra (the embodied field of experience), jñāna (the discipline of true understanding), and jñeya (the Supreme Reality). A devotee who comprehends this with clear discernment transcends mere theory and attains the Lord’s own state (mad-bhāva), i.e., spiritual union and liberation.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra war setting, the instruction turns inward: the speaker concludes a doctrinal section by stating that the analysis of the self, the body, and the Supreme has been given in brief, and that sincere devotion coupled with right understanding leads the seeker to the highest attainment.