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# The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.35.1

Mahābhārata 6.35.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.35.1)

śrībhagavānuvāca |  
idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate |  
etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ || 1 ||

> The Blessed Lord said:  
> This body, O son of Kunti, is called Kshetra, and he who knows it is called Kshetrajna by those who know of them (Kshetra and Kshetrajna).  
> — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

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## Translations (2)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.13.1) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.37.1.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.37.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (2)

- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.37.2) — Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.37.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.13.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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