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 27
Verse 27
The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field
Know that whatever being is born — stationary or moving — arises from the union of the field and the knower of the field, O best of the Bharatas.
Context & Meaning
Every being in the universe — from a mountain (stationary) to a human being (moving) — arises from the union of field and knower. This union is the generative principle of all embodied existence. Matter without consciousness is inert; consciousness without matter has no vehicle for experience. Every creature represents a particular intersection of these two primordial principles. Understanding this, one sees the same fundamental structure in all beings — not the surface diversity but the underlying unity of constitution.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainRamanujacharya
VishishtadvaitaThis verse grounds cosmology in the Prakriti-Purusha framework. Every being, from a rock to a sage, is a specific configuration of field and knower. The difference between them is in the degree of consciousness expressed through the field, not in the fundamental structure of their existence.