भगवद्गीता bhagavad-gītā - chapter-13, verse-34

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क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।
भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ॥३४॥

34. kṣetrakṣetrajñayorevamantaraṁ jñānacakṣuṣā ,
bhūtaprakṛtimokṣaṁ ca ye viduryānti te param.

34. kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ evam antaram jñānacakṣuṣā
bhūtaprakṛtimokṣam ca ye viduḥ yānti te param

34. evam jñānacakṣuṣā kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ antaram
ca bhūtaprakṛtimokṣam ye viduḥ te param yānti

34. Thus, those who perceive, with the eye of knowledge (jñānacakṣus), the distinction between the field (kṣetra) and the knower of the field (kṣetrajña), and (understand) the liberation (mokṣa) from the material nature (prakṛti) of beings, they attain the Supreme.

Words meanings summery:

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क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोः (kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ) - of the physical body and the consciousness/soul residing within it (of the field and the knower of the field)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, like this

अन्तरम् (antaram) - the distinction or separation (difference, distinction, interval, middle)

ज्ञानचक्षुषा (jñānacakṣuṣā) - through the faculty of understanding or wisdom (by the eye of knowledge)

भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षम् (bhūtaprakṛtimokṣam) - liberation from the material nature of beings

च (ca) - and, also

ये (ye) - who, those who

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

यान्ति (yānti) - they reach or attain (the Supreme) (they go, they attain)

ते (te) - referring to those who possess the knowledge described (they, those)

परम् (param) - the Supreme Reality (Brahman) (the highest, the supreme, ultimate)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोः (kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ) - of the physical body and the consciousness/soul residing within it (of the field and the knower of the field)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kṣetrakṣetrajña

kṣetrakṣetrajña - the field and the knower of the field

Compound type : dvandva (kṣetra+kṣetrajña)

kṣetra – field, tract of land; body, realm (in philosophy)
noun (neuter)
Derived from root kṣi (to reside, possess) + ṣṭra pratyaya.
Root: kṣi (class 1)
kṣetrajña – knower of the field; the soul, consciousness, the individual self
noun (masculine)
Compound of kṣetra (field) and jña (knower), derived from root jñā (to know).
Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Genitive dual of the Dvandva compound 'kṣetrakṣetrajña'.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, like this

(indeclinable)

अन्तरम् (antaram) - the distinction or separation (difference, distinction, interval, middle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - difference, distinction, interval, middle

Note: Accusative singular functioning as the object of perception.

ज्ञानचक्षुषा (jñānacakṣuṣā) - through the faculty of understanding or wisdom (by the eye of knowledge)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jñānacakṣuṣ

jñānacakṣuṣ - the eye of knowledge

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jñāna+cakṣuṣ)

jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
noun (neuter)
Derived from root jñā (to know) + lyuṭ suffix.
Root: jñā (class 9)
cakṣuṣ – eye, sight, vision
noun (neuter)

Note: Instrumental singular indicating the means of perception.

भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षम् (bhūtaprakṛtimokṣam) - liberation from the material nature of beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūtaprakṛtimokṣa

bhūtaprakṛtimokṣa - liberation from the elemental nature of beings; emancipation from material nature

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhūtaprakṛti+mokṣa)

bhūtaprakṛti – the nature of beings; the primal material cause of elements
noun (feminine)
mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, release from transmigration (saṃsāra)
noun (masculine)
Derived from root muc (to release) + ghañ suffix.
Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Accusative singular functioning as an object of knowledge.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Nominative plural of the relative pronoun 'yad'.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)