Chapter 13, Verse 34
Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
yathā—as; prakāśhayati—illumines; ekaḥ—one; kṛitsnam—entire; lokam—solar system; imam—this; raviḥ—sun; kṣhetram—the body; kṣhetrī—the soul; tathā—so; kṛitsnam—entire; prakāśhayati—illumine; bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat
English translation
Just as the one sun illuminates the entire world, so too does the Lord of the field (Supreme Self) illuminate the entire field, O Arjuna.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
The Supreme Self is one. It illumines the whole matter from the Unmanifested down to the blade of grass or a lump of clay; from the great elements down to firmness or fortitude. (Cf. verses 5 and 6.) Just as the sun is one; just as the sun illumines the whole world; just as the sun is not tainted; so also the Self is One in all bodies; It illumines all the bodies and It is not contaminated.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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