Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingतत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।
स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु
tat kṣhetraṁ yach cha yādṛik cha yad-vikāri yataśh cha yat
sa cha yo yat-prabhāvaśh cha tat samāsena me śhṛiṇu
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaHear from Me in brief about all that, what that field is and how it is; what its changes are, and what causes what effect; and who He is, and what His powers are.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
इसलिये, वह क्षेत्र जो है और जैसा है तथा जिन विकारों वाला है, और जिस (कारण) से जो (कार्य) हुआ है तथा वह (क्षेत्रज्ञ) भी जो है और जिस प्रभाव वाला है, वह संक्षेप में मुझसे सुनो।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiतत् क्षेत्रँय् यच् च यादृक् च
यद्वि कारि यतश् च यत्
सच यो यत् प्रभावश् च
तत् समा सेन मे शृणु
॥ ३ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthatatthat
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
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA13.3What five aspects of the field does Kṛṣṇa promise to describe in brief?
Hear from Me in brief about all that, what that field is and how it is; what its changes are, and what causes what effect; and who He is, and what His powers are.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.