Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 4
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।
स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु ॥
Say ittat kṣhetraṁ yach cha yādṛik cha yad-vikāri yataśh cha yat
sa cha yo yat-prabhāvaśh cha tat samāsena me śhṛiṇu
Translation
Hear from Me in brief what the field is, of what nature it is, what its modifications are, whence it is, who He is, and what His powers are.
Swami Sivananda
Hear from Me in brief about all that, what that field is and how it is; what its changes are, and what causes what effect; and who He is, and what His powers are.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Listen briefly from Me what the Field is, what it is like, what its modifications are, what purpose it serves, and what it is; as well as who the Self is and what its powers are.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
What is that Field and what is its nature? Why does it undergo modifications, where does it come from, and what is its purpose? Who is the Field-sensitizer and what is His nature? Listen to all this from Me collectively.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what its power - this I will now briefly set forth.
Shri Purohit Swami
वह क्षेत्र जो है, जैसा है, जिन विकारोंवाला है और जिससे जो पैदा हुआ है; तथा वह क्षेत्रज्ञ भी जो है और जिस प्रभाववाला है, वह सब संक्षेपमें मेरेसे सुन।
Swami Ramsukhdas
इसलिये, वह क्षेत्र जो है और जैसा है तथा जिन विकारों वाला है, और जिस (कारण) से जो (कार्य) हुआ है तथा वह (क्षेत्रज्ञ) भी जो है और जिस प्रभाव वाला है, वह संक्षेप में मुझसे सुनो।
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.