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अर्जुन उवाच
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च ।
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव ।
श्रीभगवानुवाच इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय ।
क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः ।
क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥ २ ॥

arjuna uvaca

prakrtim purusam caiva

ksetram ksetrajnam eva ca

etad veditum icchami

jnanam jneyam ca kesava

sri-bhagavan uvaca

idam sariram kaunteya

ksetram ity abhidhiyate

etad yo vetti tam prahuh

ksetra-jna iti tad-vidah

arjunah uvaca-Arjuna said; prakrtim-nature; purusam-the enjoyer; ca-also; eva-certainly; ksetram-body; ksetrajnam-knower of the body; eva-certainly; ca-also; etat-all this; veditum-to understand; icchami-I wish; jnanam-knowledge; jneyam-the object of knowledge; ca-also; kesava-O Krsna; sri bhagavan uvaca-the Personality of Godhead said; idam-this; sariram-body; kaunteya-O son of Kunti; ksetram-the field; iti-thus; abhidhiyate-is called; etat-this; yah-anyone; vetti-knows; tam-him; prahuh-is called; ksetrajnah-knower of the body; iti-thus; tat-vidah-one who knows.