Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13/Verse 18

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः ।


मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ॥१३- १८॥

iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ ।
madbhakta etadvijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate ॥13- 18॥

Thus, it is said with brevity, the field is the knowledge to be known. And my devotee having understood this, one arrives to my state of being.


iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (syntax marker)

kṣetram (neuter, nominative, singular) = field 

tathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus

jñānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = knowledge 

jñeyam (gerundive, neuter, nominative, singular) = to be known 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

uktam (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = said 

samāsatas (adverb) (indeclinable) = with brevity  


madbhaktas (mad + bhaktas) (masculine, nominative, singular) = my devotee 

etad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, accusative, singular) = this 

vijñāya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having understood 

madbhāvāya (mad + bhāvāya) (masculine, dative, singular) = to my state of being 

upapadyate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one arrives