Verse-6
Chapter 13 — Kshetra Kshetrayagya Vibhag Yoga
Verse 6
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
icchā dveşaḥ sukkham sańghātaścetanā dhṛtiḥ
etatkşetram samāsena savikāramudāhṛtam
🕉 English Translation
Ichchha va dwesh va sukh dukh ko,
Pind iss deh ka nazar aata jo.
Dhriti aur jo prana shakti bhi hai,
Vikaron sahit saar mein kshetra hee hai.
📜 Translation
English
Desire-hatred, pleasure-pain, the aggregate of the physical body, sentience, fortitude-in this manner the field has been described with its deformations in brief.
Field is not merely taken to be the externally visible body or the aggregate of the physical body; even by being called the aggregate it has been described as a part of the field. Along with the body, the subject of the senses, the inner four sheaths and the original source of the body, the Five Great Elements and even their original source, the primal nature has been included in it. That is why along with the field in the description of its deformation this has been indicated-
The desire, wish and longing to acquire something for the sake of happiness-whatever circumstance or person comes in the way of fulfilment of that desire, the emotion of opposition which develops towards them is aversion! 'On attaining the favourable the inner pleasure is happiness but the emotions of distress and suffering which develop when faced with unfavourability inside are the pain. The inner strength to receive or to bear is called steadfastness. The life force which experiences it all has been termed as sentience. Here sentience does not stand for self-consciousness; it stands for the energy of the inner-self. All these are the deformities of the inner-self. Whatever has been said by the Lord Himself in the third verse is supported by whatever has been said here. The field as it is and its deformities that I will describe in brief. The Lord by saying 'etatkshetram samasena savikaramudahrtam' has clarified it in brief.
Now follows the description of the field. For the field-