क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥
kṣetrajñaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata |kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṃ yat taj jñānaṃ mataṃ mama ||
- क्षेत्रज्ञम् · kṣetrajñam
- the knower of the field
- माम् विद्धि · mām viddhi
- know me as
- सर्वक्षेत्रेषु · sarva-kṣetreṣu
- in all fields
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- मतम् · matam
- deemed, held
“And know me as the knower of the field in all fields, O Bharata. The understanding of field and knower — that I hold to be true knowledge.”
— Original plain-language translation
The individual knower is gathered into the one supreme Knower present in every body. Knowledge itself is then redefined: not information, but the discernment between field and knower — the yardstick for verses 8–12.
— Reader's notes (original)