The Gita

Chapter 13 · Verse 14 of 34

The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

He perceives everything sensed by all organs without possessing any organs himself; He sustains and nurtures all {His creations} without being attached to them; He transcends the three Modes of Nature (Gunas) yet experiences them {as the Self within the body}. (13:14)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् ।

असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च॥

Word-by-word

सर्व-इन्द्रिय-गुण-आभासम्, सर्व-इन्द्रिय-वि-वर्जितम्,

अ-सक्तम्, सर्व-भृत्, च एव निर्‌-गुणम्, गुण-भोक्तृ च।

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