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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13, Verse 4

The Field and the Knower of the Field

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु

tat kṣhetraṁ yach cha yādṛik cha yad-vikāri yataśh cha yat sa cha yo yat-prabhāvaśh cha tat samāsena me śhṛiṇu

What does Bhagavad Gita 13.4 mean?

What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what its power - this I will now briefly set forth.

Word-by-word meaning

tat—that · kṣhetram—field of activities · yat—what · cha—and · yādṛik—its nature · cha—and · yat-vikāri—how change takes place in it · yataḥ—from what · cha—also · yat—what · saḥ—he · cha—also · yaḥ—who · yat-prabhāvaḥ—what his powers are · cha—and · tat—that · samāsena—in summary · me—from me · śhṛiṇu—listen

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