Shloka 32
Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña-Jñāna–Jñeya-Viveka
Field, Knower, Knowledge, and the Knowable
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्न मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन । अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वाद: प्रवदतामहम्
sargāṇām ādir antaś ca madhyaṃ caivāham arjuna | adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatām aham ||
اے ارجن! ساری سَرجناؤں کا آغاز بھی میں ہوں، انجام بھی میں، اور درمیان بھی میں ہی۔ علوم میں میں آتما-ودیا (برہ्म-ودیا) ہوں، اور بحث کرنے والوں میں حق کے فیصلے کے لیے ہونے والا شاستر-سمّت ‘واد’ میں ہوں۔
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.