Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 18

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः । मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते

iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ | madbhakta etadvijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate

Translation

Thus the Kṣetra, as well as knowledge and the Knowable, have been briefly set forth. My devotee, on knowing this, is fitted for My state.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

iti

thus

kṣetram

the Field

tathā

also

jñānam

wisdom

jñeyam

that which is to be known

ca

and

uktam

said

samāsataḥ

briefly

madbhaktaḥ

my devotee

etat

this

vijñāya

having known

madbhāvāya

(to) my, to being

upapadyate

approaches

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

He who is devoted to Me, who regards Me — Vāsudeva, the Supreme Lord, the Omniscient, the Supreme Guru — as the Self of everything, i.e., he who is possessed with the idea that all that he sees or hears or touches is nothing but the Lord, Vāsudeva. Thus devoted to Me, and having attained the right knowledge described above, he is fit to attain to My state, i.e., he attains mokṣa.