{"id":7461,"date":"2026-09-16T19:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/bhagavad-gita-chapter-13-kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga-iast\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:32:24","slug":"bhagavad-gita-chapter-13-kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga-iast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/bhagavad-gita-chapter-13-kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga-iast\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 in English IAST: K\u1e63etra K\u1e63etraj\u00f1a Vibh\u0101ga Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13: K\u1e63etra K\u1e63etraj\u00f1a Vibh\u0101ga Yoga<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thirty-four verses. The body as the field and the one who knows it, the twenty qualities the Gita calls \u2018knowledge\u2019, the supreme Brahman that is to be known, and the discernment of prakriti and purusha are here.
Tap any verse card to open its page with the word-by-word meaning. Pages are ready for every verse of this chapter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

All eighteen chapters are listed here: \u015ar\u012bmad Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1<\/span>\u015br\u012bbhagav\u0101nuv\u0101ca
ida\u1e43 \u015bar\u012bra\u1e43 kaunteya k\u1e63etramityabhidh\u012byate|
etadyo vetti ta\u1e43 pr\u0101hu\u1e25 k\u1e63etraj\u00f1a iti tadvida\u1e25 || 1 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.1 \u2192<\/span><\/a>2<\/span>k\u1e63etraj\u00f1a\u1e43 c\u0101pi m\u0101\u1e43 viddhi sarvak\u1e63etre\u1e63u bh\u0101rata|
k\u1e63etrak\u1e63etraj\u00f1ayorj\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 yattajj\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 mata\u1e43 mama || 2 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.2 \u2192<\/span><\/a>3<\/span>tatk\u1e63etra\u1e43 yacca y\u0101d\u1e5bkca yadvik\u0101ri yata\u015bca yat|
sa ca yo yatprabh\u0101va\u015bca tatsam\u0101sena me \u015b\u1e5b\u1e47u || 3 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.3 \u2192<\/span><\/a>4<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63ibhirbahudh\u0101 g\u012bta\u1e43 chandobhirvividhai\u1e25 p\u1e5bthak|
brahmas\u016btrapadai\u015bcaiva hetumadbhirvini\u015bcitai\u1e25 || 4 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.4 \u2192<\/span><\/a>5<\/span>mah\u0101bh\u016bt\u0101nyaha\u1e45k\u0101ro buddhiravyaktameva ca|
indriy\u0101\u1e47i da\u015baika\u1e43 ca pa\u00f1ca cendriyagocar\u0101\u1e25 || 5 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.5 \u2192<\/span><\/a>6<\/span>icch\u0101 dve\u1e63a\u1e25 sukha\u1e43 du\u1e25kha\u1e43 sa\u1e45gh\u0101ta\u015bcetan\u0101 dh\u1e5bti\u1e25|
etatk\u1e63etra\u1e43 sam\u0101sena savik\u0101ramud\u0101h\u1e5btam || 6 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.6 \u2192<\/span><\/a>7<\/span>am\u0101nitvamadambhitvamahi\u1e43s\u0101 k\u1e63\u0101ntir\u0101rjavam|
\u0101c\u0101ryop\u0101sana\u1e43 \u015bauca\u1e43 sthairyam\u0101tmavinigraha\u1e25 || 7 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.7 \u2192<\/span><\/a>8<\/span>indriy\u0101rthe\u1e63u vair\u0101gyamanaha\u1e45k\u0101ra eva ca|
janmam\u1e5btyujar\u0101vy\u0101dhidu\u1e25khado\u1e63\u0101nudar\u015banam || 8 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.8 \u2192<\/span><\/a>9<\/span>asaktiranabhi\u1e63va\u1e45ga\u1e25 putrad\u0101rag\u1e5bh\u0101di\u1e63u|
nitya\u1e43 ca samacittatvami\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101ni\u1e63\u1e6dopapatti\u1e63u || 9 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.9 \u2192<\/span><\/a>10<\/span>mayi c\u0101nanyayogena bhaktiravyabhic\u0101ri\u1e47\u012b|
viviktade\u015basevitvamaratirjanasa\u1e43sadi || 10 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.10 \u2192<\/span><\/a>11<\/span>adhy\u0101tmaj\u00f1\u0101nanityatva\u1e43 tattvaj\u00f1\u0101n\u0101rthadar\u015banam|
etajj\u00f1\u0101namiti proktamaj\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 yadato’nyath\u0101 || 11 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.11 \u2192<\/span><\/a>12<\/span>j\u00f1eya\u1e43 yattatpravak\u1e63y\u0101mi yajj\u00f1\u0101tv\u0101m\u1e5btama\u015bnute|
an\u0101dimatpara\u1e43 brahma na sattann\u0101saducyate || 12 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.12 \u2192<\/span><\/a>13<\/span>sarvata\u1e25 p\u0101\u1e47ip\u0101da\u1e43 tatsarvato’k\u1e63i\u015biromukham|
sarvata\u1e25 \u015brutimalloke sarvam\u0101v\u1e5btya ti\u1e63\u1e6dhati || 13 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.13 \u2192<\/span><\/a>14<\/span>sarvendriyagu\u1e47\u0101bh\u0101sa\u1e43 sarvendriyavivarjitam|
asakta\u1e43 sarvabh\u1e5bccaiva nirgu\u1e47a\u1e43 gu\u1e47abhokt\u1e5b ca || 14 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.14 \u2192<\/span><\/a>15<\/span>bahiranta\u015bca bh\u016bt\u0101n\u0101macara\u1e43 carameva ca|
s\u016bk\u1e63matv\u0101ttadavij\u00f1eya\u1e43 d\u016brastha\u1e43 c\u0101ntike ca tat || 15 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.15 \u2192<\/span><\/a>16<\/span>avibhakta\u1e43 ca bh\u016bte\u1e63u vibhaktamiva ca sthitam|
bh\u016btabhart\u1e5b ca tajj\u00f1eya\u1e43 grasi\u1e63\u1e47u prabhavi\u1e63\u1e47u ca || 16 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.16 \u2192<\/span><\/a>17<\/span>jyoti\u1e63\u0101mapi tajjyotistamasa\u1e25 paramucyate|
j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 j\u00f1eya\u1e43 j\u00f1\u0101nagamya\u1e43 h\u1e5bdi sarvasya vi\u1e63\u1e6dhitam || 17 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.17 \u2192<\/span><\/a>18<\/span>iti k\u1e63etra\u1e43 tath\u0101 j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 j\u00f1eya\u1e43 cokta\u1e43 sam\u0101sata\u1e25|
madbhakta etadvij\u00f1\u0101ya madbh\u0101v\u0101yopapadyate || 18 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.18 \u2192<\/span><\/a>19<\/span>prak\u1e5bti\u1e43 puru\u1e63a\u1e43 caiva viddhyan\u0101d\u012b ubh\u0101vapi|
vik\u0101r\u0101\u1e43\u015bca gu\u1e47\u0101\u1e43\u015bcaiva viddhi prak\u1e5btisambhav\u0101n || 19 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.19 \u2192<\/span><\/a>20<\/span>k\u0101ryakara\u1e47akart\u1e5btve hetu\u1e25 prak\u1e5btirucyate|
puru\u1e63a\u1e25 sukhadu\u1e25kh\u0101n\u0101\u1e43 bhokt\u1e5btve heturucyate || 20 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.20 \u2192<\/span><\/a>21<\/span>puru\u1e63a\u1e25 prak\u1e5btistho hi bhu\u1e45kte prak\u1e5btij\u0101ngu\u1e47\u0101n|
k\u0101ra\u1e47a\u1e43 gu\u1e47asa\u1e45go’sya sadasadyonijanmasu || 21 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.21 \u2192<\/span><\/a>22<\/span>upadra\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101numant\u0101 ca bhart\u0101 bhokt\u0101 mahe\u015bvara\u1e25|
param\u0101tmeti c\u0101pyukto dehe’sminpuru\u1e63a\u1e25 para\u1e25 || 22 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.22 \u2192<\/span><\/a>23<\/span>ya eva\u1e43 vetti puru\u1e63a\u1e43 prak\u1e5bti\u1e43 ca gu\u1e47ai\u1e25 saha|
sarvath\u0101 vartam\u0101no’pi na sa bh\u016byo’bhij\u0101yate || 23 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.23 \u2192<\/span><\/a>24<\/span>dhy\u0101nen\u0101tmani pa\u015byanti kecid\u0101tm\u0101nam\u0101tman\u0101|
anye s\u0101\u1e45khyena yogena karmayogena c\u0101pare || 24 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.24 \u2192<\/span><\/a>25<\/span>anye tvevamaj\u0101nanta\u1e25 \u015brutv\u0101nyebhya up\u0101sate|
te’pi c\u0101titarantyeva m\u1e5btyu\u1e43 \u015brutipar\u0101ya\u1e47\u0101\u1e25 || 25 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.25 \u2192<\/span><\/a>26<\/span>y\u0101vatsa\u00f1j\u0101yate ki\u00f1citsattva\u1e43 sth\u0101varaja\u1e45gamam|
k\u1e63etrak\u1e63etraj\u00f1asa\u1e43yog\u0101ttadviddhi bharatar\u1e63abha || 26 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.26 \u2192<\/span><\/a>27<\/span>sama\u1e43 sarve\u1e63u bh\u016bte\u1e63u ti\u1e63\u1e6dhanta\u1e43 parame\u015bvaram|
vina\u015byatsvavina\u015byanta\u1e43 ya\u1e25 pa\u015byati sa pa\u015byati || 27 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.27 \u2192<\/span><\/a>28<\/span>sama\u1e43 pa\u015byanhi sarvatra samavasthitam\u012b\u015bvaram|
na hinasty\u0101tman\u0101tm\u0101na\u1e43 tato y\u0101ti par\u0101\u1e43 gatim || 28 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.28 \u2192<\/span><\/a>29<\/span>prak\u1e5btyaiva ca karm\u0101\u1e47i kriyam\u0101\u1e47\u0101ni sarva\u015ba\u1e25|
ya\u1e25 pa\u015byati tath\u0101tm\u0101namakart\u0101ra\u1e43 sa pa\u015byati || 29 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.29 \u2192<\/span><\/a>30<\/span>yad\u0101 bh\u016btap\u1e5bthagbh\u0101vamekasthamanupa\u015byati|
tata eva ca vist\u0101ra\u1e43 brahma sampadyate tad\u0101 || 30 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.30 \u2192<\/span><\/a>31<\/span>an\u0101ditv\u0101nnirgu\u1e47atv\u0101tparam\u0101tm\u0101yamavyaya\u1e25|
\u015bar\u012brastho’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate || 31 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.31 \u2192<\/span><\/a>32<\/span>yath\u0101 sarvagata\u1e43 sauk\u1e63my\u0101d\u0101k\u0101\u015ba\u1e43 nopalipyate|
sarvatr\u0101vasthito dehe tath\u0101tm\u0101 nopalipyate || 32 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.32 \u2192<\/span><\/a>33<\/span>yath\u0101 prak\u0101\u015bayatyeka\u1e25 k\u1e5btsna\u1e43 lokamima\u1e43 ravi\u1e25|
k\u1e63etra\u1e43 k\u1e63etr\u012b tath\u0101 k\u1e5btsna\u1e43 prak\u0101\u015bayati bh\u0101rata || 33 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.33 \u2192<\/span><\/a>34<\/span>k\u1e63etrak\u1e63etraj\u00f1ayorevamantara\u1e43 j\u00f1\u0101nacak\u1e63u\u1e63\u0101|
bh\u016btaprak\u1e5btimok\u1e63a\u1e43 ca ye vidury\u0101nti te param || 34 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 13.34 \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

o\u1e43 tatsaditi \u015br\u012bmadbhagavadg\u012bt\u0101s\u016bpani\u1e63atsu brahmavidy\u0101y\u0101\u1e43 yoga\u015b\u0101stre \u015br\u012bk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101rjunasa\u1e43v\u0101de k\u1e63etrak\u1e63etraj\u00f1avibh\u0101gayogo n\u0101ma trayoda\u015bo’dhy\u0101ya\u1e25 ||<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About K\u1e63etra K\u1e63etraj\u00f1a Vibh\u0101ga Yoga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The last six chapters of the Gita begin with this one. In the previous chapter Krishna had said, \u2018I lift my devotees out of the ocean of worldly existence.\u2019 Here he gives the understanding that release requires: this body is the field, the one who knows it is the knower of the field, and to know the difference between the two is knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best-known part of the chapter is the list of twenty qualities beginning with humility. The Gita calls humility, non-violence, patience, uprightness and service of the teacher \u2018knowledge\u2019, and what is contrary to them \u2018ignorance\u2019. Some editions open the chapter with a verse containing Arjuna\u2019s question, \u2018prakritim purusham chaiva\u2019. It is not part of the Gita of seven hundred verses, and so on these pages the chapter has thirty-four verses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the chapter moves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Verses 1 and 2: This body is the field, the one who knows it is the knower of the field. I am the knower in all fields.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 3 and 4: The outline of the teaching to come, told by the sages, the Vedas and the Brahma Sutras.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 5 and 6: The list of the field. The twenty-four principles, and desire, aversion, pleasure and pain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 7 to 11: The twenty qualities of knowledge, from humility to keeping the goal of truth in view.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 12 to 18: The supreme Brahman to be known. Hands and feet everywhere, without senses, the light of lights, seated in every heart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 19 to 23: Prakriti and purusha. Agency belongs to prakriti, experience to purusha, the witness in the body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 24 and 25: Meditation, knowledge, action and faithful hearing as ways of seeing the Self.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 26 to 34: One who sees the supreme Lord equal in all truly sees. The images of space and the sun, and the eye of knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Who is the knower of the field: three views<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The acharyas read \u2018kshetrajnam chapi mam viddhi\u2019 (13.2) differently. For Shankara the knower of the field in all bodies is in truth the supreme Lord, free of worldly existence, and samsara comes from ignorance. Sridhara Swami, recalling \u2018tat tvam asi\u2019, reads it the same way. For Ramanuja both the field and its knower are the Lord\u2019s body and he is their inner Self, so he can speak of them as \u2018I\u2019. Madhva keeps the jiva and the Lord distinct and holds that descriptions such as \u2018upadrashta\u2019 (13.22) are of the Lord. Many verses of the chapter Ramanuja reads as describing the pure individual self, where Shankara reads them as describing the supreme Brahman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These pages do not decide between the readings. Wherever the acharyas part, each position is recorded in its own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    About these pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The text is that of the Gita Press edition. Where there are variant readings, such as \u2018karyakarana\u2019 (13.20) and \u2018chetana dhritih\u2019 (13.6), the other reading is recorded on that page. On the page for 13.23 we have also noted that \u2018sarvatha vartamano \u2019pi\u2019 is not to be read as a licence for wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this chapter the \u2018For life today\u2019 box links the difference between body and awareness to daily life: care of the body, preparing for old age and illness, the exhaustion of carers, loneliness, and the stigma around illness. The health notes are for general understanding only, and for personal problems a doctor\u2019s advice is what counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sources:<\/strong> several.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The thirty-four verses of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 in English IAST transliteration, each linked to its page with word-by-word meaning, Kannada and English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"_manohara_link_phrases":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[187,188],"class_list":["post-7461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bhagavad-gita","tag-krishna","tag-shlokada-artha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7557,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7461\/revisions\/7557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}