Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13

BHAGAVAD GITA

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BOOK XIII, VOLUME II

Consciousness And Conscience

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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्क यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।
स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु
॥ १३-४॥

tat kṣetraṁ yac ca yādṛk ca
yadvikāri yataś ca yat sa ca yo yat
prabhāvaś ca tat samāsena me sṛṇu

Understand my summary of this
field of activity and how it is
constituted, what its changes are,
how it is produced, who that
knower of the field of activities is,
and what his influences are

POWERFUL COGNITION

Freedom happens only when we realize that there is no need to chase.

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् ।
ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः
॥ १३-५॥

ṛṣibhir bahudhā gītaṁ chandobhir
vividhaiḥ pṛthak brahma-sūtra
padaiś caiva hetumadbhir viniścitaiḥ

That knowledge of the field of
activities and of the knower of
activities is described by various
sages with chants in the scriptures.
It is presented with all reasoning as
to cause and effect

POWERFUL COGNITION

Thousands of years of research done by millions of inner scientists, Ṛṣis, in millions of inner science laboratories have led to the same truth: The true nature of man is pure consciousness and man is the knower or witness of the field the body-mind.

13.6

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः
॥ १३-६॥

mahā-bhūtānyahaṅkāro buddhir avyaktam
eva ca indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca pañca
cendriya gocarāḥ

The field of activities and its interactions are said to be: the five elements of nature, ego, intelligence, the mind, the formless, the ten senses of perception and action, as well as the five objects of senses

POWERFUL COGNITION

When we cognize that we are beyond body and mind, we will feel no need to resist when somebody tries to enslave us. We know that we can never be slaves

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतना धृतिः ।
एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्
॥ १३-७॥

icchādveṣaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ
saṅghātaścetanā dhṛtiḥ etatkṣetraṁ
samāsena savikāram udāhṛtam

desire, hatred, happiness, distress,
the aggregate, the life symptoms,
and convictions

POWERFUL COGNITION

Conscience is given to us by society. Consciousness is given to us by God.