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क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा। भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम्।।

kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-cakṣuṣā bhūta-prakṛti-mokṣaṁ ca ye vidur yānti te param

kṣetra (the field) kṣetra-jñayoḥ (of the knower of the field) evam (thus) antaram (the difference) jñāna-cakṣuṣā (with the eye of knowledge) bhūta-prakṛti (from the material world) mokṣam (liberation) ca (and) ye (those who) viduḥ (know) yānti (attain) te (they) param (the supreme).

Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal.

Kṛṣṇa concludes the thirteenth chapter by summarizing the goal. He says that those who see with the ‘Jñāna-cakṣu’ (the eye of knowledge) the difference between the body and the soul, and who understand the process of liberation from material nature, reach the Supreme. True vision is not about the physical eyes; it is about the eyes of wisdom. To have this vision, one must consistently apply the 20 items of knowledge mentioned earlier (humility, detachment, etc.). This chapter has provided the analytical tools to distinguish the driver from the vehicle. When this distinction becomes a ‘realized truth’ rather than just a theory, the soul is no longer fooled by the world’s illusions. The prison doors of matter simply swing open. It teaches us that the end goal of all spiritual study is ‘Param’—the Supreme. Every meditation on the body and soul is meant to lead us back to Kṛṣṇa. By seeing the world through the lens of scripture, we stop being victims of time and karma. We become the masters of our own liberation, heading toward an eternal life of pure consciousness and bliss.