BG 13.2

क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥
kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata
kṣetra-kṣetra-jñayor jñānaṁ yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama

Word-for-word meanings

bhārata — O descendant of Bharata;  viddhi — know;  mām — Me;  ca — also;  kṣetra-jñam — as the knower of the field;  sarva-kṣetreṣu — in all bodies;  api — whatsoever;  mama — [in] My;  matam — opinion;  jñānam — that knowledge;  yat — which;  kṣetra — [relates to] the field [the body];  kṣetra-jñayoḥ — [and to both] the knowers of the field;  tat — that;  jñānam — [is true] knowledge.

Translation

O descendant of the Bharata dynasty, know Me also as the kṣetrajña situated within all kṣetras whatsoever [in addition to the individuated knowers]. In My view, knowledge of the field [the body] and [both these] knowers of the field [the individual living being and the omniscient Lord] is what is meant by [true] knowledge ( jñāna).

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