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Shloka 25

Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña-Jñāna–Jñeya-Viveka

Field, Knower, Knowledge, and the Knowable

पुरोहितोंमें मुखिया बृहस्पति मुझको जानःं। हे पार्थ! मैं सेनापतियोंमें स्कन्द" और जलाशयोंमें समुद्र हूँ ।। महर्षीणां भगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम्‌ । यज्ञानां जपयज्ञोडस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालय:,मैं महर्षियोंमें भगुः और शब्दोंमें एक अक्षर अर्थात्‌ ओंकार हूँ। सब प्रकारके यज्ञोंमें जपयज्ञः और स्थिर रहनेवालोंमें हिमालय पहाड़ हूँ:

purohitānāṁ mukhyaṁ bṛhaspatiṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha | senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ || maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ girām asmy ekam akṣaram | yajñānāṁ japa-yajño 'smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ ||

ಹೇ ಪಾರ್ಥ! ಪುರೋಹಿತರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನನಾಗಿ ನನನ್ನು ಬೃಹಸ್ಪತಿಯಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿ. ಸೇನಾನಾಯಕರಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಸ್ಕಂದನು; ಜಲಾಶಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಸಾಗರನು॥ ಮಹರ್ಷಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಭೃಗು; ಧ್ವನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಏಕಾಕ್ಷರ—ಅವಿನಾಶಿ ‘ಓಂ’. ಯಜ್ಞಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಜಪಯಜ್ಞ; ಸ್ಥಾವರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಹಿಮಾಲಯ॥

महर्षीणाम्among great sages / of great sages
महर्षीणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
भृगुःBhrigu
भृगुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
गिराम्of words / among utterances
गिराम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent Indicative, 1st, Singular
एकम्one
एकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अक्षरम्syllable / imperishable (here: syllable)
अक्षरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यज्ञानाम्among sacrifices / of sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
जपयज्ञःthe sacrifice of japa (muttered prayer)
जपयज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजपयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent Indicative, 1st, Singular
स्थावराणाम्among immovables / of stationary beings
स्थावराणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावर
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
हिमालयःthe Himalaya
हिमालयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहिमालय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

अजुन उवाच

B
Bṛhaspati
P
Pārtha (Arjuna)
S
Skanda (Kārttikeya)
O
Ocean (Sāgara)
B
Bhṛgu
O
Oṁ (Ekākṣara/Akṣara)
J
Japa-yajña
H
Himālaya

Educational Q&A

The Lord teaches that the Divine can be recognized through the highest, most exemplary presence in each category—spiritual authority (Bṛhaspati), command (Skanda), vastness (ocean), seerhood (Bhṛgu), sacred sound (Oṁ), inward worship (japa-yajña), and immovable steadfastness (Himālaya). This trains Arjuna to see a unifying sacred order behind diverse forms, strengthening devotion and clarity amid moral crisis.

In the section on divine manifestations (vibhūtis), Kṛṣṇa answers Arjuna’s request to know how the Supreme can be contemplated in the world. He lists representative excellences so Arjuna can anchor his mind in remembrance of the Divine even while facing the duties and terrors of war.