Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 35
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा।
भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ॥
Say itkṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā
bhūta-prakṛiti-mokṣhaṁ cha ye vidur yānti te param
Translation
They who, by the eye of knowledge, perceive the distinction between the field and its knower, as well as the liberation from the Nature of being, go to the Supreme.
Swami Sivananda
Those who, through the eye of wisdom, know the distinction between the field and the Knower of the field, and the annihilation of the Matrix of beings, reach the Supreme.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Those who thus discern, with the eye of knowledge, the difference between the body or the Field (Ksetra) and the knower of the body or Field-knower (Ksetrajna), and the means of deliverance from the manifested Prakrti, they attain the Supreme.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Those who thus understand, with the knowledge-eye, the inner Soul of the Field and the Field-sensitizer, as well as the deliverance from the Material Cause of the elements—they attain the Supreme.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Those who, with the eyes of wisdom, thus see the difference between Matter and Spirit, and know how to liberate life from the Law of Nature, attain the Supreme.
Shri Purohit Swami
इस प्रकार जो ज्ञानरूपी नेत्रसे क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञके अन्तर-(विभाग-) को तथा कार्य-कारणसहित प्रकृतिसे स्वयंको अलग जानते हैं, वे परमात्माको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
इस प्रकार, जो पुरुष ज्ञानचक्षु के द्वारा क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ के भेद को तथा प्रकृति के विकारों से मोक्ष को जानते हैं, वे परम ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.