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 24
Verse 24
The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field
One who knows Purusha and Prakriti together with its qualities — though acting in all ways — is not born again.
Context & Meaning
The liberating result of this knowledge: one who truly understands the Purusha-Prakriti distinction is free from rebirth, regardless of what they do externally (sarvathā vartamāno'pi — even while acting in all possible ways). This is the Gita's consistent insistence that liberation is not about what you do but about how you know yourself while doing it. The person who knows they are the witness, not the actor — who sees clearly that Prakriti is acting through the body while Purusha merely observes — is already free.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainMadhvacharya
DvaitaSarvathā vartamāno'pi — even while acting in every way. Liberation does not require withdrawal from action. It requires the clarity to know, in the midst of action, that the action belongs to Prakriti and the awareness belongs to Purusha. This knowledge, once genuine, is itself liberation.