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mahā-bhūtāny ahańkāro buddhir avyaktam eva ca indriyāṇi daśaikaḿ ca pañca cendriya-gocarāḥ icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaḿ duḥkhaḿ sańghātaś cetanā dhṛtiḥ etat kṣetraḿ samāsena sa-vikāram udāhṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

amānitvam adambhitvam ahiḿsā kṣāntir ārjavam ācāryopāsanaḿ śaucaḿ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam anahańkāra eva ca janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi- duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam asaktir anabhiṣvańgaḥ...

jñeyaḿ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute anādi mat-paraḿ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.13 I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. Brahman, the...

sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaḿ tat sarvato ’kṣi-śiro-mukham sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.14 Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and faces, and He has ears everywhere....

sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaḿ sarvendriya-vivarjitam asaktaḿ sarva-bhṛc caiva nirguṇaḿ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-15 The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is...

bahir antaś ca bhūtānām acaraḿ caram eva ca sūkṣmatvāt tad avijñeyaḿ dūra-sthaḿ cāntike ca tat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-16 The Supreme Truth exists outside and inside of all living beings, the moving and the...

avibhaktaḿ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam bhūta-bhartṛ ca taj jñeyaḿ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-17 Although the Supersoul appears to be divided among all beings, He is never divided....

jyotiṣām api taj jyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate jñānaḿ jñeyaḿ jñāna-gamyaḿ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.18 He is the source of light in all luminous objects. He is beyond the darkness of matter...

iti kṣetraḿ tathā jñānaḿ jñeyaḿ coktaḿ samāsataḥ mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.19 Thus the field of activities [the body], knowledge and the knowable have been summarily...

prakṛtiḿ puruṣaḿ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api vikārāḿś ca guṇāḿś caiva viddhi prakṛti-sambhavān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.20 Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their...