श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता

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श्री भगवानुवाच

इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।

एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

13.2 इदम् this, शरीरम् body, कौन्तेय O son of Kunti (Arjuna), क्षेत्रम् the field, इति thus, अभिधीयते is called, एतत् this, यः who, वेत्ति knows, तम् him, प्राहुः (they) call, क्षेत्रज्ञः the knower of the field, इति thus, तद्विदः the knowers of that.

Commentary:
Kshetra literally means field. The body is so called because the fruits (harvest) of actions in the form of pleasure and pain are reaped in it as in a field. The physical, the mental and the causal bodies go to constitute the totality of the field. It is not the physical body alone that forms the field.He who knows the field and he who beholds it as distinct from himself through knowledge is the knower of the field or matter.Those who know them The sages.

Hindi Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Harikrishnadas Goenka

।।13.2।।समस्त कार्य? करण और विषयोंके आकारमें परिणत हुई त्रिगुणात्मिका प्रकृति पुरुषके लिये भोग और अपवर्गका सम्पादन करनेके निमित्त देहइन्द्रियादिके आकारसे संहत ( मूर्तिमान् ) होती है? वह संघात ही यह शरीर है? उसका वर्णन करनेके लिये श्रीभगवान् बोले --, इदम् इस सर्वनामसे कही हुई वस्तुको शरीरम् इस विशेषणसे स्पष्ट करते हैं। हे कुन्तीपुत्र शरीरको चोट आदिसे बचाया जाता है इसलिये? या यह शनैःशनैः क्षीण -- नष्ट होता रहता है इसलिये? अथवा क्षेत्रके समान इसमें कर्मफल प्राप्त होते हैं इसलिये? यह शरीर क्षेत्र है इस प्रकार कहा जाता है। यहाँ इति शब्द एवम् शब्दके अर्थमें है। इस शरीररूप क्षेत्रको जो जानता है -- चरणोंसे लेकर मस्तकपर्यन्त ( इस शरीरको ) जो ज्ञानसे प्रत्यक्ष करता है अर्थात् स्वाभाविक या उपदेशद्वारा प्राप्त अनुभवसे विभागपूर्वक स्पष्ट जानता है उस जाननेवालेको क्षेत्रज्ञ कहते हैं। यहाँ भी इति शब्द पहलेकी भाँति एवम् शब्दके अर्थमें ही है? अतः क्षेत्रज्ञ ऐसा कहते हैं। कौन कहते हैं उनको जाननेवाले अर्थात् उन क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ दोनोंको जो जानते हैं वे ज्ञानी पुरुष ( कहते हैं )।

English Translation By Swami Adidevananda

13.2 The Lord said This body, O Arjuna, is called the Field, Ksetra. He who knows it is called the Filed-knower, Ksetrajna, by those who know the self.

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

13.2 The Blessed Lord said This body, O Arjuna, is called the field; he who knows it is called the knower of the field, by those who know of them.

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

13.2 The Blessed Lord said O son of Kunti, this body is referred to as the 'field'. Those who are versed in this call him who is conscious of it as the 'knower of the field'.