Shloka 32

Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña-Jñāna–Jñeya-Viveka

Field, Knower, Knowledge, and the Knowable

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

sargāṇām ādir antaś ca madhyaṃ caivāham arjuna | adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatām aham ||

Translation

O Arjuna, of all creations I am their beginning, their end, and their very middle. Among branches of knowledge I am the knowledge of the Self (brahma-vidyā); and among those who speak and debate, I am the disciplined inquiry (vāda) that seeks truth and right conclusion.

Word by Word

सर्गाणाम्of creations/emanations

आदिःthe beginning

अन्तःthe end

चand

मध्यम्the middle

चand

एवindeed/only

अहम्I

अर्जुनO Arjuna

अध्यात्मविद्याspiritual knowledge (knowledge of the Self)

विद्यानाम्among/of knowledges

वादःdebate/disputation

प्रवदताम्of those who speak/argue

अहम्I

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Bhagavan (Krishna, implied as speaker of the teaching)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes