महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-35, verse-1

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥१॥

1. śrībhagavānuvāca ,
idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate ,
etadyo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ.

1. śrībhagavān uvāca idam śarīram kaunteya kṣetram iti
abhidhīyate etat yaḥ vetti tam prāhuḥ kṣetrajñaḥ iti tadvidaḥ

1. śrībhagavān uvāca he kaunteya idam śarīram kṣetram iti
abhidhīyate yaḥ etat vetti tam kṣetrajñaḥ iti tadvidaḥ prāhuḥ

1. The Blessed Lord said: 'O son of Kunti, this body is called the field (kṣetra). Those who understand this (tadvidaḥ) refer to the one who knows it (the field) as the knower of the field (kṣetrajña).'

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीभगवान् (śrībhagavān) - the Blessed Lord (Krishna) (the Blessed Lord, the Opulent One)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this (neuter))

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body (body, form)

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti (Arjuna) (son of Kunti (Arjuna))

• क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - field (kṣetra) (field, ground, place)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this way, referring to)

• अभिधीयते (abhidhīyate) - is called (is called, is said, is declared)

• एतत् (etat) - this (the field) (this, that (neuter))

• यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, whoever)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - knows (knows, understands)

• तम् (tam) - him (the knower) (him, that (masculine))

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they refer to (they say, they declare, they call)

• क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (knower of the field, soul, spirit)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this way, referring to)

• तद्विदः (tadvidaḥ) - those who understand this (those who know that, their knowers)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीभगवान् (śrībhagavān) - the Blessed Lord (Krishna) (the Blessed Lord, the Opulent One)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrībhagavat

śrībhagavat - the Blessed Lord, glorious, divine, opulent

From 'śrī' (auspicious, glorious) + 'bhagavat' (possessing opulences)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śrī+bhagavat)

• śrī – auspicious, glorious, wealth, beauty
  adjective (feminine)
• bhagavat – possessing fortune, glorious, divine, lord
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense

Root 'vac', perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this (neuter))

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Here, nominative singular, referring to śarīram.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body (body, form)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, form, frame

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti (Arjuna) (son of Kunti (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (a name for Arjuna)

patronymic

Derived from 'kuntī' (Kunti's son).

क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - field (kṣetra) (field, ground, place)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, ground, land, sphere, body

इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this way, referring to)

(indeclinable)

अभिधीयते (abhidhīyate) - is called (is called, is said, is declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of abhidhā

From root 'dhā' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

एतत् (etat) - this (the field) (this, that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to 'kṣetram'.

यः (yaḥ) - the one who (who, whoever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

वेत्ति (vetti) - knows (knows, understands)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root 'vid', 3rd person singular present.

Root: vid (class 2)

तम् (tam) - him (the knower) (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him

Note: Corresponds to 'yaḥ'.

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they refer to (they say, they declare, they call)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra-ah

Root 'ah' (defective, primarily used in perfect and present with prefix 'pra'), 3rd person plural present.

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Often functions as a present tense despite its perfect form origin.

क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (knower of the field, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña

kṣetrajña - knower of the field (kṣetra), the soul, spirit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)

• kṣetra – field, body
  noun (neuter)
• jña – knower, one who knows
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  From root 'jñā'
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Predicate nominative.

इति (iti) - thus, as (thus, in this way, referring to)

(indeclinable)

तद्विदः (tadvidaḥ) - those who understand this (those who know that, their knowers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadvid

tadvid - one who knows that, expert in it

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+vid)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vid – knower, learned
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root 'vid'
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to wise persons.