Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13, Verse 4

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् |
स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु || 4||

tat kṣhetraṁ yach cha yādṛik cha yad-vikāri yataśh cha yat
sa cha yo yat-prabhāvaśh cha tat samāsena me śhṛiṇu

tatthat; kṣhetramfield of activities; yatwhat; chaand; yādṛikits nature; chaand; yat-vikārihow change takes place in it; yataḥfrom what; chaalso; yatwhat; saḥhe; chaalso; yaḥwho; yat-prabhāvaḥwhat his powers are; chaand; tatthat; samāsenain summary; mefrom me; śhṛiṇulisten

tat kshetram yach cha yadrik cha yad-vikari yatash cha yat
sa cha yo yat-prabhavash cha tat samasena me shrinu

Translation

BG 13.4: Listen and I will explain to you what that field is and what its nature is. I will also explain how change takes place within it, from what it was created, who the knower of the field of activities is, and what his powers are.

Commentary

Shree Krishna now poses many questions Himself, and asks Arjun to listen carefully to their answers.