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यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।

क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत।।13.34।।
 

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

13.34 यथा as, प्रकाशयति illumines, एकः one, कृत्स्नम् the whole, लोकम् world, इमम् this, रविः sun, क्षेत्रम् the field, क्षेत्री the Lord of the field (Paramatma), तथा so, कृत्स्नम् the whole, प्रकाशयति illumines, भारत O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna).

Commentary:
The Supreme Self is one. It illumines the whole matter from the Unmanifested down to the blade of grass or a lump of clay, from the great elements down to firmness or fortitude. (Cf. verses 5 and 6.) Just as the sun is one, just as the sun illumines the whole world, just as the sun is not tainted, so also the Self is One in all bodies, It illumines all the bodies and It is not contaminated.

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।13.34।। --,यथा प्रकाशयति अवभासयति एकः कृत्स्नं लोकम् इमं रविः सविता आदित्यः? तथा तद्वत् महाभूतादि धृत्यन्तं क्षेत्रम् एकः सन् प्रकाशयति। कः क्षेत्री परमात्मा इत्यर्थः। रविदृष्टान्तः अत्र आत्मनः उभयार्थोऽपि भवति -- रविवत् सर्वक्षेत्रेषु एक एव आत्मा? अलेपकश्च इति।।समस्ताध्यायार्थोपसंहारार्थः अयं श्लोकः --,

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

13.34 Just as the one sun illumines the whole world, so also the Lord of the field (Supreme Self) illumines the whole field, O Arjuna.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

13.34 Yatha, as; ekam, the one; ravih, sun; prakasayati, illumines; imam, this; krtsnam, whole; lokam, world tatha, similarly;-who?-ksetri, the Knower of the field, i.e. the supreme Self, though one; prakasayati, illumines; krtsnam, the whole; ksetram, field, from the 'great elements' to 'fortitude' (cf. 5-6). Here the illustration of the sun serves to highlight two aspects of the Self, viz that, like the sun, the Self is one in all the fields, and that It remains unaffected. This verse is meant for summarizing the idea of the whole of this chapter: