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13.18Krishna
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इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः ।मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ॥

iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ |mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate ||

इति · iti
thus
समासतः · samāsataḥ
in brief
उक्तम् · uktam
has been declared
मद्भक्तः · mad-bhaktaḥ
my devotee
विज्ञाय · vijñāya
having understood
मद्भावाय · mad-bhāvāya
to my being, my state
उपपद्यते · upapadyate
attains, becomes fit for

Thus the field, knowledge, and the knowable have been declared in brief. Understanding this, my devotee attains my being.

Original plain-language translation

The first half of the chapter closes with devotion as its fruit: metaphysics ripens into love. Knowing rightly leads to being rightly — the devotee arrives at Krishna's own state.

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