Toward q Peaceful
Society
sri bhagavan uvaca
idam sariram kaunteya
ksetram ity abhidhiyate
etad yo vetti tam prahuh
ksetrajnia iti tad-vidah
“The Supreme Lord said: This body, O son of Kunti,
is called the field, and one who knows this body is
called the knower of the field.” (Bg. 13.2)

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krgna, is
instructing Arjuna about the knowledge of ksetra
and ksetrajfia. Ksetra refers to the field, which is the
body, and ksetrajfia refers to the knower of the
field, who is the individual soul. If land is to be
cultivated, there must be some cultivator, and if this
body, which is likened unto a field, is to be cultivated,
there must be a proprietor who can cultivate it. Now
we have these material bodies, and it is our duty to
cultivate them properly. That cultivation is called
akarma, or work. A person may come to our place
with a hoe to cultivate land, or he may come to
simply drink coffee or tea. We have been given this
particular type of body to cultivate and to attain
required sense objects according to our desires. This
body is a gift from God. God is very kind, and if
someone wants something from Him, He allows it.
‘All right,” He says. “‘Take this.” His relationship to
