Verse 13.34
यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः ।
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥
Transliteration
yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṃ lokamimaṃ raviḥ |
kṣetraṃ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati bhārata ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Just as the one sun illumines the whole world, so also the Lord of the field (Supreme Self) illumines the whole field, O Arjuna.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
As the one sun illumines this whole world, so the master of the field illumines the whole field, descendant of Bharata.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
A second image follows, this time of light. Just as the single sun lights up the whole world, so the one who owns or dwells in the field, the kṣetrin, illuminates the whole field. Body, senses, mind and feelings are all made known by the awareness of the knower. The sun lights everything without being changed by what it lights, whether clean or unclean. The two images of space and sun together describe the self as both untouched and illuminating: it is not affected by experience, and yet without it there would be no experience at all.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08