Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13, Verse 1 (13.1) is treated slightly differently across editions because some traditions count it as an introductory line and some begin directly with verse 13.2.
A commonly cited version of 13.1 is:
Arjuna uvāca
prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva
kṣetraṁ kṣetrajñam eva ca
etad veditum icchāmi
jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ ca keśava
Translation (simple):
Arjuna said: “O Krishna, I wish to understand prakriti (material nature), purusha (the conscious self), the field (kṣetra), the knower of the field (kṣetrajña), as well as knowledge and the object of knowledge.”
This verse introduces the core theme of Chapter 13: the distinction between:
- Kṣetra (the field) → the body, mind, and material existence
- Kṣetrajña (knower of the field) → consciousness / the self that experiences
- Prakriti → nature, matter, change
- Purusha → spirit, awareness
Some editions omit this as verse 13.1 and start with Krishna speaking in 13.2, due to manuscript differences.
If you want, I can also give the Sanskrit, word-by-word meaning, and commentary for 13.1.
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