SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 13 Text 35
ksetra-ksetrajnayor evam
antaram jnana-caksusa
bhuta-prakrti-moksam ca
ye vidur yanti te param

ksetra--of the body; ksetra-jnayoh--of the proprietor of the body; evam--thus; antaram--the difference; jnana-caksusa--by the vision of knowledge; bhuta--of the living entity; prakrti--from material nature; moksam--the liberation; ca--also; ye--those who; viduh--know; yanti--approach; te--they; param--the Supreme.

TRANSLATION

Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal.

PURPORT

The purport of this Thirteenth Chapter is that one should know the distinction between the body, the owner of the body, and the Supersoul. One should recognize the process of liberation, as described in verses eight through twelve. Then one can go on to the supreme destination.

A faithful person should at first have some good association to hear of God and thus gradually become enlightened. If one accepts a spiritual master, one can learn to distinguish between matter and spirit, and that becomes the steppingstone for further spiritual realization. A spiritual master, by various instructions, teaches his students to get free from the material concept of life. For instance, in Bhagavad-gita we find Krsna instructing Arjuna to free him from materialistic considerations.