13:1  

श्रीभगवानुवाच
इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥१३- १॥

Transliteration

shriibhagawaanuwaacha

idaM shariiraM kaunteya kShetramityabhidhiiyate ।

etadyo wetti taM praahuH kShetradnya iti tadwidaH ॥१३- १॥

Translation

The blessed lord said,

This body, O Kaunteya, can be considered a field.
Who is conscious of this, that one is called field-knower by those versed in this.

Translation

The Supreme Lord said: O Arjuna, this body (the miniature universe) may be called the field or creation. One who knows the creation is called the creator by the seers of truth.

Translation

Arjuna said: O my dear Krsna, I wish to know about prakrti [nature], purusa [the enjoyer], and the field and the knower of the field, and of knowledge and of the end of knowledge. The Blessed Lord then said: This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.