Kshetra kshetrajna vibhaga yoga is the first set of the eighteen chapters of Bhagavad Gita. This chapter describes the biblical terms and principles of wisdom or knowledge. In this chapter, Shree Krishna introduces two terms—kṣhetra (the field) and kṣhetrajna (knower of the field). In simple terms, the ‘field’ may be considered the body and the soul as the ‘knower of the field.’ However, the field is actually much more than just the physical body. It includes the mind, intellect, ego, and all other components of material energy that are part of our personality. In this chapter, Sri Krishna gives a detailed analysis of these two aspects of human existence. The emotions, thoughts, etc. that arise in kshethra, the field of the human body, are virtues that purify the field and illuminate it with knowledge. This knowledge also helps us to understand the existence of our soul. Lord Krishna describes God as the ultimate knower of the fields of all living beings. He says that God has opposite qualities at the same time. After describing the Supreme Soul, the soul, and the material nature of the living beings, Shree Krishna explains which of these is responsible for their actions and who is responsible for the cause and effect in the universe at large. In the same physical nature in which they degrade themselves by the illusions of their minds, they are able to identify diverse living beings and look at all that exists by a common spiritual subdivision. With this knowledge they attain the realization of God.

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