Verse 13.27
यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ ॥
Transliteration
yāvatsañjāyate kiñcitsattvaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam |
kṣetrakṣetrajñasaṃyogāttadviddhi bharatarṣabha ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Wherever a being is born, whether unmoving or moving, know thou, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), that it is from the union between the field and its knower.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
Whatever being comes into existence, whether unmoving or moving, know that it arises from the union of the field and the knower of the field, bull among the Bharatas.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna returns to the chapter's central pair. Every being that comes into existence, whether a plant or an animal, still or moving, arises from the union of the field and the knower of the field. Life is the meeting of matter and awareness. Neither alone makes a living being: the field without the knower would be inert, and the knower without the field would have no body through which to experience. The verse gives a simple account of embodiment. It also prepares for the next verses, which ask how to see rightly the divine presence within this union.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08