BG - 13.1

अर्जुन उवाच प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव।।13.1।।

arjuna uvācha prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva cha etad veditum ichchhāmi jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ cha keśhava

• arjunaḥ uvācha - Arjun said
• prakṛitim - material nature
• puruṣham - the enjoyer
• cha - and
• eva - indeed
• kṣhetram - the field of activities
• kṣhetra-jñam - the knower of the field
• eva - even
• cha - also
• etat - this
• veditum - to know
• ichchhāmi - I wish
• jñānam - knowledge
• jñeyam - the goal of knowledge
• cha - and
• keśhava - Krishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi

Translation

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

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