Bhagavad Gita BG 13.35
Chapter 13, Verse 35 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवं अन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ॥
kshetra-kshetrajna-yor evam antaram jnana-cakshusa bhuta-prakrti-moksham ca ye vidur yanti te param
Meaning
Those who, with the eye of knowledge (jnana-cakshus), perceive the distinction between the Field and the Knower of the Field, and the liberation of beings from Prakriti — they go to the Supreme.
Understanding
The magnificent closing verse of Ch13: kshetra-kshetrajna-yor antaram jnana-cakshusa (perceiving the distinction between field and Knower with the eye of knowledge — jnana-cakshus, the eye of wisdom, not the physical eyes). Bhuta-prakrti-moksham ca (and the liberation of beings FROM Prakriti). Ye vidur yanti te param (those who know this go to the Supreme). The entire chapter distills into this: see the distinction (kshetra vs. kshetrajna), and see how beings are freed from Prakriti. These two visions — the distinction and the liberation — constitute the liberating knowledge of Ch13. The 'eye of knowledge' is the understanding cultivated through the entire chapter.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| अन्तरम् | antaram | the distinction, the difference between |
| ज्ञानचक्षुषा | jnana-cakshusa | with the eye of knowledge — the faculty of wisdom |
| भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षम् | bhuta-prakrti-moksham | the liberation of beings from Prakriti |
| ये विदुः | ye viduh | those who know, those who understand |
| परम् | param | the Supreme — the highest state |
| क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञयोः | kṣetra-kṣetrajñayoḥ | of the field and its knower |
| एवम् | evam | thus |
| ज्ञान-चक्षुषा | jñāna-cakṣuṣā | with the eye of knowledge |
| भूत-प्रकृति-मोक्षम् | bhūta-prakṛti-mokṣam | liberation from material existence |
| च | ca | and |
| ये | ye viduḥ | those who know |
| यान्ति | yānti | they go |
| ते | te | they |
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