Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 3

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् । स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु

tatkṣetraṃ yacca yādṛkca yadvikāri yataśca yat | sa ca yo yatprabhāvaśca tatsamāsena me śṛṇu

Translation

And what that Kṣetra is, and of what nature, and what its changes; and whence is what; and who He is and what His powers; this hear thou briefly from Me.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

tat

that

kṣetram

field

yat

which

ca

and

yādṛk

what like

ca

and

yadvikāri

which, modification, whose, that

yataḥ

whence

ca

and

yat

what

saḥ

it

ca

and

yaḥ

who

yatprabhāvaḥ

which, power, whose, he

ca

and

tat

that

samāsena

by aggregations (compression, brevity)

me

of (from) me

śṛṇu

listen

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

'That Kṣetra' refers to what was spoken of as 'this body' (xiii.1). "What that Kṣetra is": what it is in itself. "Of what nature": what it is in its properties. "Whence is what": what effects arise from what causes. "Who He is, etc.": Who He is that was spoken of as Kṣetrajña and what His powers (prabhavas, śaktis) are which arise from the upādhis or environments. Do thou hear My speech describing briefly the true nature of Kṣetra and Kṣetrajña in all these specific aspects.