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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 13 · Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 13.27

Routes to realization and devotional hearing

यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ ॥ २७ ॥

yāvat sañjāyate kiñcit

sattvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam

kṣetra-kṣetrajña-saṁyogāt

tad viddhi bharatarṣabha

Translation

O chief of the Bhāratas, know that whatever you see in existence, both the moving and the nonmoving, is only a combination of the field of activities and the knower of the field.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Nature and the Living Entity

  1. 1Everything moving or nonmoving is a combination of the field of activities and the knower of the field.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that these are material nature and the living entity. Without the living entity, nothing can grow.
  3. 3Recognize that the Supreme Lord brings these two natures together and controls them both.

Where we are

In the story

Chapter 13, Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness: routes to realization and devotional hearing.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Loving service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa.

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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: bhakti, śaraṇāgati.

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Live it

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What does BG 13.27 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?

Practice

Offer one act today with devotion.

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Related verses

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BG 13.25Routes to realization and devotional hearingBG 13.26Routes to realization and devotional hearingBG 3.30Offer every action to KrishnaBG 6.47The highest yogi is devoted

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