BG - 13.4

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।

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

• 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

Translation

Hear from Me in brief what the field is, of what nature it is, what its modifications are, whence it is, who He is, and what His powers are.

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