“Brother-in-law! Arjuna! Is it not through this body alone that people earn much merit, gain Jñāna and attain Mokṣa? Since it is the place where such ‘vibhūtis of God’ are established, it is called ‘kṣetra’. Another meaning is that kṣetra is that which protects the jīva like armour; yet another is that ‘kṣetra’ means land, and there is a basis for calling it ‘field’ too. Whatever seeds we sow or plant in a field, that very crop people take in and reap. The śarīra is the kṣetra; the guardian of the kṣetra is the jīva. Sowing seeds of merit, he raises the crop of ‘happiness and joy’. Sowing seeds of sin, people get the crop called ‘sorrow and unrest’. Planting seeds of Jñāna, they gain the fruit of ‘Mokṣa’. As a farmer knows his field, the jīva that is the kṣetrajña knows the tattva of the body that is the kṣetra. Between kṣetra and kṣetrajña there is only one difference: the word ‘jña’. ‘Jña’ means ‘Jñāna’. So it may be said that he who has Jñāna is the kṣetrajña, and that which lacks Jñāna is the kṣetra,” Govinda explained.