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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

arjuna uvāca prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva kṣetraṁ kṣetra-jñam eva ca etad veditum icchāmi jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ ca keśava

śrī-bhagavān uvāca idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetra-jñaḥ iti tad-vidaḥ

[Bg. 13.1-2]

[break] [leads chanting of synonyms]

arjunaḥ uvāca---Arjuna said; prakṛtim---nature; puruṣam---the enjoyer; ca---also; eva---certainly; kṣetram---body; kṣetrajñam---knower of the body; eva---certainly; ca---also; etat---all this; veditum---to understand; icchāmi---I …

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Prabhupāda:

prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva kṣetraṁ kṣetra-jñam eva ca etad veditum icchāmi jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ ca keśava

[Bg. 13.1-2]

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