Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 1

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 1

    अर्जुन उवाच प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव।।13.1।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    arjuna uvācha prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva cha etad veditum ichchhāmi jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ cha keśhava

    Translation

    This is not a sentence, so there is nothing to fix.
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