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Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 13 · 35 verses · the first chapter beyond the Madhya-Ṣaṭka · the body as field, Krishna as the Knower-of-every-field

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Evidence and limitations · Divine Param-Vidyā

BG 13.1-2 · The Definition

इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः॥

"This body, O Kaunteya, is called the kṣetra (the field). He who knows it — the knowers of truth call him the kṣetrajña (the knower of the field)."

Then in BG 13.3 Krishna instructs Arjuna to know Him as the kṣetrajña in all fields. How kṣetra, individual knower, and supreme knower are related is interpreted differently across named Vedāntic commentarial traditions; that interpretation must not be collapsed into a horoscope claim.

BG 13.5-6 · A 31-Item Expansion of the Field

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च। इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः॥ इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतना धृतिः। एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्॥

The verses name constituents and modifications of the field. The table expands grouped terms such as the eleven senses and five sense-objects into 31 study items:

#	Sanskrit	English	Category	Verse
1	पृथिवी	Earth	mahabhuta	BG 13.5
2	आपः	Water	mahabhuta	BG 13.5
3	तेजः	Fire	mahabhuta	BG 13.5
4	वायुः	Air	mahabhuta	BG 13.5
5	आकाशम्	Space (ākāśa)	mahabhuta	BG 13.5
6	अहङ्कारः	Ahaṅkāra (I-maker)	inner instrument	BG 13.5
7	बुद्धिः	Buddhi (discriminative intellect)	inner instrument	BG 13.5
8	अव्यक्तम्	Avyakta (unmanifest prakṛti)	inner instrument	BG 13.5
9	श्रोत्रम्	Ear (hearing)	jnana indriya	BG 13.5
10	त्वक्	Skin (touch)	jnana indriya	BG 13.5
11	चक्षुः	Eye (sight)	jnana indriya	BG 13.5
12	रसना	Tongue (taste)	jnana indriya	BG 13.5
13	घ्राणम्	Nose (smell)	jnana indriya	BG 13.5
14	मनः	Mind (the eleventh indriya)	karma indriya	BG 13.5
15	वाक्	Speech	karma indriya	BG 13.5
16	पाणी	Hands	karma indriya	BG 13.5

…and 15 more (the remaining tanmātras, experiences, dhṛti) — see the full 31 in the JSON API. The 31 elements together compose the entire body-field. None of them are the Knower; all are objects-of-knowledge for the One who illumines them.

BG 13.7-11 · The 20 Marks of Jñāna

अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्। आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः॥ इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्॥ असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु। नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु॥ मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी। विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि॥ अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्। एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा॥

The sequence names twenty qualities and then says this is called jñāna and what differs is ajñāna. They are offered for textual study and honest conduct-reflection, never as planet-counted possessions:

#	Sanskrit	IAST	English	Verse
1	अमानित्वम्	amānitva	Absence of self-importance; humility	BG 13.7
2	अदम्भित्वम्	adambhitva	Absence of pretension	BG 13.7
3	अहिंसा	ahiṁsā	Non-harming	BG 13.7
4	क्षान्तिः	kṣānti	Forbearance	BG 13.7
5	आर्जवम्	ārjava	Straightforwardness	BG 13.7
6	आचार्योपासनम्	ācāryopāsana	Attendance upon the teacher	BG 13.7
7	शौचम्	śauca	Purity	BG 13.7
8	स्थैर्यम्	sthairya	Steadiness	BG 13.7
9	आत्मविनिग्रहः	ātma-vinigraha	Self-restraint	BG 13.7
10	इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यम्	indriyārtheṣu vairāgya	Dispassion toward sense-objects	BG 13.8
11	अनहङ्कारः	anahaṅkāra	Absence of egoism	BG 13.8
12	जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्	janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśana	Reflection on the suffering and limitation in birth, death, old age, and disease	BG 13.8
13	असक्तिः	asakti	Non-attachment	BG 13.9
14	अनभिष्वङ्गः	anabhiṣvaṅga	Absence of clinging toward family and home	BG 13.9
15	नित्यसमचित्तत्वम्	nitya-sama-cittatva	Continual evenness amid desired and undesired events	BG 13.9
16	मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिः	mayi cānanya-yogena bhakti	Unswerving devotion to Me through ananya-yoga	BG 13.10
17	विविक्तदेशसेवित्वम्	vivikta-deśa-sevitva	Resort to solitary places	BG 13.10
18	अरतिर्जनसंसदि	aratir jana-saṁsadi	Disinclination toward crowds	BG 13.10
19	अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वम्	adhyātma-jñāna-nityatva	Constancy in knowledge of the Self	BG 13.11
20	तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्	tattva-jñāna-artha-darśana	Seeing the purpose of knowledge of truth	BG 13.11

BG 13.27-28 · Sama-Darśana — The Non-Dual Gaze

समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम्।
विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति॥

"He who sees the Supreme Lord standing equally in all beings — the un-perishing in the perishing — he truly sees." (BG 13.27)

BG 13.28 joins equal seeing, non-injury, and movement toward the supreme goal. Vidhyamitra presents this as a lived field of reflection and does not certify the vision or its fruit from planetary placements.

BG 13.33 · The Sun-of-the-Field

यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत॥

As one sun illumines this whole world, so the field-knower illumines the whole field, O Bhārata. (BG 13.33)

Interpretation boundary: Identifying the kṣetrī in this verse within a particular Vedāntic account belongs to named commentary. A horoscope does not reveal which divine aspect inhabits or knows a reader’s body.

Chapter-wide truth boundary: BG 13 remains a study of kṣetra, kṣetrajña, qualities called jñāna, equal vision, and illumination of the field. Birth data cannot reveal a personal Krishna-aspect, measure jñāna or sama-darśana, count native spiritual qualities, certify realization or liberation, or determine human worth.

Machine-readable study: GET /api/kshetra-kshetrajna. The older parameterized URL remains only for compatibility and returns the same non-classifying scripture study.

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