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BG 13.3

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

tat: that | kṣetram: Field | yat: what it is | ca 1: and | yādṛk: what it is like | ca 2: and | yadvikāri: what its modifications are | yataḥ: what purpose it serves (from where) | ca 3: and | yat 2: what it is | saḥ: the self (he) | ca 4: and | yaḥ: who | yatprabhāvaḥ: what Its powers are | ca 5: and | tat 2: that | samāsena: briefly | me: from Me | śṛṇu: listen |

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.