Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 13.34
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 13.34 · 13 · Verse 34
Sanskrit Original
।।13.34।।यथा एक आदित्यः स्वया प्रभया कृत्स्नम् इमं लोकं प्रकाशयति? तथा क्षेत्रम् अपि क्षेत्री मम इदं क्षेत्रम् ईदृशम् इति कृत्स्नं बहिः अन्तः च आपादतलमस्तकं स्वकीयेन ज्ञानेन प्रकाशयति। अतः प्रकाश्यात् लोकात् प्रकाशकादित्यवद् वेदितृत्वेन वेद्यभूताद् अस्मात् क्षेत्राद् अत्यन्तविलक्षणः अयम् उक्तलक्षण आत्मा इत्यर्थः।
13.34 As the 'one sun' illumines 'all this world' by his radiance, so the 'knower of the body' illumines the entire Ksetra, i.e., the body, by Its own knowledge, within and without and from head to toe, by conceiving 'This my body is of this nature.' This self of the said nature is totally different from the body, because It is the knower of the body. The body is the object of Its knowledge and is therefore different from It, even as the illuminating sun is totally different from the illumined world.