Chapter 13 Shloka 2
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ।।२।।
Pointing out the essential unity between the jivatma and the Supreme Atma, the Lord says:
O Arjuna! Know Me to be the Kshetragya of all kshetras. The only true wisdom is that which delineates the kshetra and the Kshetragya. This is My firm opinion.
Little one, the Lord has described all mortal bodies to be the kshetra and has proclaimed that He, the Indivisible Atma Itself, is the Kshetragya. He then said the knowledge of the kshetra and the Kshetragya constitutes true wisdom.
Knowledge
The Lord has described true knowledge to be that which:
1. Reveals the Supreme Truth.
2. Reveals the difference between the Atma and the anatma.
3. Aids in discernment between the gross (inanimate) and the conscious (animate).
4. Aids in the individual attaining the state of an Atmavaan.
5. Establishes the individual in his Essence.
6. Renders the individual forever free of all aberrations.
7. Renders the individual eternally satiated.
8. Annihilates the individual’s moha.
9. Helps the individual to transcend duality.
10. Frees the individual from the influence of all qualities, rendering him a gunatit.
The Lord specifies that everything that is contrary to this is ignorance, because if the individual is not equipped with this knowledge of the Atma, all other knowledge that he may acquire merely leads to bondage. In actual fact this knowledge of the Truth, whilst teaching the individual humane qualities, takes him towards sainthood and then Godhood.
This is the only knowledge that is worth knowing. It is this very knowledge that establishes the individual in perpetual bliss and renders him free of all faults, leading ultimately to his emancipation.
The Lord says, “This is the only knowledge which is worth knowing and attaining.”
Little one, only this is knowledge. The Lord Himself proclaims this to be His considered opinion.
