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Do thou also know Me as the knower of the field in all fields, O Arjuna. Knowledge of both the field and the knower of the field is considered by Me to be ï1the ï1 knowledge.

Know me also as the knower of the field in all fields, descendant of Bharata. The knowledge of the field and its knower is, in my view, true knowledge.

Krishna adds a striking claim: he himself is the knower of the field in every field, the awareness present in every body. This has been understood in different ways. Some traditions take it to mean that the self in each being is not finally different from the divine; others read it as saying that the divine dwells within each individual knower as its inner guide while the two remain distinct. Krishna then defines knowledge (jñāna) itself as the clear understanding of the field and its knower. Discernment between what is known and who knows becomes the heart of wisdom.