Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 13, Verse 26
यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ।।
yāvat sañjāyate kiñcit sattvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam
kṣetra-kṣetrajña-sanyogāt tad viddhi bharatarṣabha
also searched as "yavat sanjayate kinchit sattvam sthavara-jangamam"
Translation
Whatever being is born, whether it be moving or stationary, know, O Arjuna, that it is through the combination of the Ksetra (body) and Ksetrajna (knower of the Field).
Vāṇi's rendering
Whatever is born — whatever moves or stands still — is born of the meeting of field and knower.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| यावत्yāvat | whatever, however much |
| सञ्जायतेsañjāyate | is born, comes into being |
| किञ्चित्kiñcit | anything at all |
| सत्त्वम्sattvaṁ | a being, an existing thing |
| स्थावर-जङ्गमम्sthāvara-jaṅgamam | standing still or moving about |
| क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञ-संयोगात्kṣetra-kṣetrajña-sanyogāt | from the meeting of the field and the knower of the field |
| तत्tad | that; sandhi joins it to the next word |
| विद्धिviddhi | know |
| भरतर्षभbharatarṣabha | O bull among the Bharatas — Arjuna |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 26 mean?
Krishna tells Arjuna that every born thing — rooted or roaming — comes about where kṣetra and kṣetrajña meet. Nothing arises from the body alone, and nothing arises from the knower alone. Birth is a joining. Understanding this is how you stop mistaking a temporary meeting for a permanent self.
What does yavat sanjayate kinchit sattvam mean in the Gita?
It means whatever being at all comes into existence. Krishna makes the claim total — no exceptions, nothing left outside. Grass, insect, elephant, human: each is the same meeting, differently arranged. The verse refuses you the comfort of thinking your own coming-to-be worked by some special rule.
Why does Krishna mention both moving and unmoving beings?
Because Arjuna would otherwise draw a line — creatures here, mere things there. Sthāvara and jaṅgama together sweep the whole world in. Mountain and mongoose stand on the same footing. The seer is not the reward of having legs; it is present wherever there is a field at all.
How does this verse help me in daily life?
It gives you a way to hold your own existence loosely. The health, the mood, the circumstance you are living inside are all field, met by a knower who does not decay with them. When the arrangement shifts — as it will — you will have somewhere to stand that is not the arrangement.
Themes in this verse
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Commentary
Nothing here made itself. A tree, a stone, a child, a thought — each stands where field and knower have met, and neither alone would have produced it. Krishna is not describing a mechanism; he is closing a loophole. Arjuna wants to know which side he is on: the body that will die, or the one who watches. The answer is that everything he can point to is the meeting of both, and the meeting does not last. Look at what you call your life. It is a joining, and it will come apart. What joined is still there when it does.