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SIIRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच ॥ इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते । एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तदिदः ॥ २ ॥ Lord said :
"Oh, Kunteya, this body is called "Kshetra" i.e. the field and he who knows it is called Kshetrajna (knower of the field) by the saints who know" - 2
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत । क्षेत्रक्षेत्रयोज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥ ३ ॥
Oh Bharata, Please note that I am the knower of all the fields (of universe) and that the real wisdom consists of the knowledge of what is Kshetra and what is Kshetrajna "what that field is, and what is its - 3
क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।
स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु ॥ ४ ॥ "nature as well as its modifications, whence it comes, who it is, what are its all these things please hear from
powers Me." - 4
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