Verse 13.4
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् | स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु ||४||
Transliteration (IAST)
tat kṣetraṁ yac ca yādṛk ca yad-vikāri yataś ca yat | sa ca yo yat-prabhāvaś ca tat samāsena me śṛṇu ||4||
Word-by-Word Meanings
tat-that
kṣetram-field
yādṛk-of what nature
vikāri-modifications
yataḥ-from where
prabhāvaḥ-power/influence
samāsena-in summary
Translation
What that field is, of what nature, what its modifications are, whence it arises, who the knower is, and what his powers are - hear all this from Me in brief.
Commentary
Krishna outlines the topics He will cover: the nature of the field (body-mind complex), its transformations, its origin, the identity of the knower, and the knower's capacities. This verse serves as a table of contents for the chapter's discourse, a pedagogical technique noted by Madhva in his commentary.
Themes
jnana