Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 13, Verse 19
Verse 19
The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field
Thus I have described the field, knowledge, and the object of knowledge. Understanding this, My devotee becomes worthy of My state.
Context & Meaning
A transitional verse that summarises the first half of the chapter and announces the result. The field, knowledge, and the object of knowledge have been explained. A devotee who truly comprehends and internalises this teaching becomes worthy of the divine state — madbhāvāya, becoming like God, entering into the divine nature. And the key word is bhakta — devotee. Even in this most philosophical of chapters, the path is ultimately devotional. Knowledge without devotion remains incomplete; knowledge saturated with devotion leads to union.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainMadhvacharya
DvaitaMadbhāvāya — to My state, to My nature. The ultimate goal of spiritual knowledge is not merely intellectual clarity but transformation of being. The devotee who knows the field and its knower becomes worthy of God's own nature — not by becoming God, but by entering into the mode of being that is nearest to God.