SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 13 Text 1-2
arjuna uvaca
prakrtim purusam caiva
ksetram ksetra-jnam 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--the field; ksetra-jnam--the knower of the field; 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--one who; vetti--knows; tam--he; prahuh--is called; ksetra-jnah--the knower of the field; iti--thus; tat-vidah--by those who know this.

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 the object of knowledge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.

PURPORT

In the first six chapters of Bhagavad-gita the knower of the body (the living entity) and the position by which he can understand the Supreme Lord are described. In the middle six chapters of the Bhagavad-gita the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the relationship between the individual soul and the Supersoul in regard to devotional service are described. The superior position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the subordinate position of the individual soul are definitely defined in these chapters.

Now, starting with the Thirteenth Chapter, how the living entity comes into contact with material nature and how he is delivered by the Supreme Lord through the different methods of fruitive activities, cultivation of knowledge, and the discharge of devotional service are explained. Although the living entity is completely different from the material body, he somehow becomes related. This also is explained.