190. Characteristics of Kshetra
K rishna refers to the physical body ( shariram ) as kshetra (field) and explains briefly its characteristics, its cause-and-effect ( vikar ); about kshetrajna (knower of the field) and the nature of His powers. He cautions that these were described by various sages and several spiritual texts in many ways (13.4 and 13.5). An important point is that kshetra and kshetrajna are described by various sages and texts in different ways. This is a universal problem where truth is described by different people in different ways in different languages making our understanding difficult. Krishna cautions about not getting lost in words. Krishna says, “Succinctly described, the kshetra and its modifications are composed of the fundamental elements (fire, air, water, earth and space), ahankaar , intellect ( buddhi ), unmanifested ( avyakta ), ten senses, mind and the five objects of the senses (13.6) and desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, assemblage (material body), consciousness (...