Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13

POWERFUL COGNITION

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All we need to do is understand and create the right cognition about the field and the knower, that is, what we are and what we are not.

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः
॥ १३-२ ॥

śrībhagavānuvāca idam śarīraṁ
kaunteya kṣetram ityabhidhīyate
etadyo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti
tadvidaḥ

Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa replies: This body,
O Kaunteya, is called the field,
kṣetra. Anyone who knows this
body is called the knower of the
field, kṣetrajña

POWERFUL COGNITION

A person who knows how to handle his body and mind enjoys the whole thing. He is totally at ease with himself.

13.3

क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम
॥ १३-३ ॥

kṣetrajñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarvakṣetreṣu
bhārata kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṁ yat taj
jñānaṁ mataṁ mama

O Bhārata, know that I am the Knower in all bodies [kṣetrajña], the witness. In my opinion knowledge means the understanding of this body or the field of activity as well as the Knower of this field

POWERFUL COGNITION

A person who carries the right cognition and understands that he is consciousness liberates himself. He is enlightened.

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