Srimad Bhagavad Gita Spiritual Contemplation Chapter Number 13, Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → This body, O son of Kunti, is called the Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Shri Bhagavan says, "O Arjuna, this body is called the Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → In the first hexad (shataka), the soul as distinct from the body, its nature, and its means were shown. In the second hexad, the glory of Paramatma and the pure form of His devotion were described. Now, in this third hexad, as a remainder, the discrimination between Atma and Anatma, as well as Paramatma and the pure form of His devotion, are described. If any further clarification seems to be remaining, He will clarify it in detail. In that, in the 13th and 14th chapters, the discrimination between body and soul, and in the 15th chapter, the discrimination of the nature of Paramatma are being shown. In that, Bhagavan Himself is beginning with the remaining meanings: "Idam shariram Kaunteya kshetram-ityabhidhiyate." Here, 'idam' (this) and 'aham' (I) are two words. They indicate 'paraktva' (externality) and 'pratyaktva' (internality). 'Paraktva' means 'parasmai bhasamanatvam' (shining for another), and 'pratyaktva' means 'svasmai bhasamanatvam' (shining for oneself). 'Parasmai bhasamanatvam' refers to insentient objects, which are indicated by the word 'idam'. These are objects other than consciousness. And 'svasmai bhasamanatvam' refers to the conscious entity, which is indicated by the word 'aham'. Bhagavan is showing here that this body, Atma and Paramatma, is grasped by the word 'idam', meaning it is expressed by the word 'idam', therefore it is insentient, not conscious. It is not the soul's own nature. Then, if someone doubts that when one says 'I know I am the body, I know I am a human,' that is a usage of grammatical agreement (samanadhikaranya) with the body. The resolution to that is that it is a state of delusion. That which is later negated is called a delusion (bhrama). Therefore, that perception is of the nature of delusion. That is the definition of delusion. What is called delusion? What is called delusion? Not seeing what actually exists. Why is there no attention, just tell me that. Why is there no attention? What came up about delusion? What is called delusion? Read it again. When wandering elsewhere, there is no attention in the discourse. Then, if someone doubts that 'I know I am the body, I know I am a human'... ...then that is a usage of grammatical agreement with the body. The resolution to that is that it is a state of delusion. That which is later negated is called a delusion. What is called delusion? Eh? Then of that... What should be called delusion, brother? That which is later negated. If it turns out to be false, then it is called a delusion. If it is proven false later, then it is called a delusion. It may be visible right now. Someone might see everything as yellow. Then, once the disease is cured, if it starts appearing white, then it is said to be negated. So, seeing it as yellow is called a delusion. So, what came up here? Which delusion is it? It is nowhere mentioned that the body is just the body. The body is going to remain. We have it right now, don't we? It is going to remain until the end. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details