The Gita

Chapter 13 · Verse 16 of 34

The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

Even though God-the-Supreme (Brahm) appears to be divided into various beings {as different individual souls}, He is {in reality} Indivisible. He is Knowable, and {therefore, we know that} He is the One who sustains, creates, and wraps up everything. (13:16)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् ।

भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च॥

Word-by-word

अ-वि-भक्तम् च भूतेषु वि-भक्तम् इव च स्थितम्,

भूत-भर्तृ च, तत् ज्ञेयम्, ग्रस-इष्णु, प्रभव-इष्णु च।।

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