Shloka 18

Śraddhā–Guṇa–Vibhāga Yoga (Faith and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata Book 6, Chapter 39

Devanagari script

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?

Transliteration

iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ | mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate ||

Translation

Thus, in brief, the field (the embodied condition), knowledge, and the Supreme Reality to be known have been explained. One who is devoted to me, truly discerning this teaching, attains my own state—union with my being.

Word by Word

इतिthus

क्षेत्रम्the field (body/kshetra)

तथाand also

ज्ञानम्knowledge

ज्ञेयम्the knowable (that which is to be known)

चand

उक्तेhave been stated (both were said)

समासतःin brief, concisely

मत्of me / my

भक्तःdevotee

एतत्this

विज्ञायhaving known, after understanding

मद्भावायto my state/being (to my nature)

उपपद्यतेattains, comes to

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kṛṣṇa

bhakta (devotee)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes