13.7 And its changes Krishna speaks
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः
एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्
ichchhā dveṣhaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ saṅghātaśh chetanā dhṛitiḥ
etat kṣhetraṁ samāsena sa-vikāram udāhṛitam
desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, the body as an aggregate, awareness, and steadiness — this, in brief, is the field with its changes.
Explanation
And then the changes, which include the feelings.
Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, the body as an aggregate, awareness, steadiness.
Everything a person would ordinarily point to as themselves is on this side of the line — including awareness. The chapter's use of knower is stricter than any everyday word for the self.
Word by word
- ichchhā
- desire
- dveṣhaḥ
- aversion
- sukham
- happiness
- duḥkham
- misery
- saṅghātaḥ
- the aggregate
- chetanā
- the consciousness
- dhṛitiḥ
- the will
- etat
- all these
- kṣhetram
- the field of activities
- samāsena
- comprise of
- sa-vikāram
- with modifications
- udāhṛitam
- are said
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