तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्
स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु
tat kṣetraṃ yac ca yādṛk ca
yad vikāri yataś ca yat
sa ca yo yat prabhāvaś ca
tat samāsena me śṛṇu
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Listen briefly from Me what the Field is, and what it is like, what its modifications are, what purpose it serves, what it is; and who the self is and what Its powers are.
PURPORT
What the ‘Field is’ namely, what its substance is; what it is ‘like’, namely, what things depend on it; what its ‘modifications’ are, namely, what its transformations are; what the ‘purpose’ is for which it has been originated; ‘what it is,’ namely, what its true nature is; ‘who it is,’ namely, who the individual self is and what Its nature is like; what Its ‘powers’, are, namely, what powers It possesses. All this, briefly learn from Me.