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Bhagavad Gita 13.1

अर्जुन उवाच | प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च | एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव ||१३-१||

arjuna uvāca . prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñameva ca . etadveditumicchāmi jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ ca keśava ||13-1||

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Chapter 13 — The field and the knower of the field.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

13.1 Arjuna said I wish to learn about Nature (matter) and the Spirit (soul), the field and the knower of the field, knowledge and that which ought to be known, O Kesava.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

Arjuna said: O Keshava, I wish to understand what is Prakriti (nature), Purusha (the enjoyer), and the field and the knower of the field, and what are knowledge and the object of knowledge.