Chapter 13 verse 5
“Great sages have sung the truth about the field and the knower of the field in manifold ways. It has been stated in various Vedic hymns, and especially revealed in the Brahma Sūtra, with sound logic and conclusive evidence.”
Bhagwan indicates that the description of the field and knower of the field- body, mind, intellect-field and knower is the individual soul and the Supreme Being, has been given in our Vedas, ithihaas, Upanishads and scores of other scriptural texts. Reference to Brahma Sutra could be interpreted as what sage veda vyasa himself wrote or just referring to the essence of Brahman. In other words Brahma Sutra would have meant a generic term than specifically what sage veda vyasa wrote. As well, we understand that for kali yuga, veda vyasa was the one who compiled and demarcated the Vedas, puranas. However vedas and knowledge behind the Vedas existed before veda vyasa and Krishna was aware of that and himself referred to that fact. He has stated earlier in Bhagavat Gita that he is not the one providing this knowledge. He is only stating what was available in the 3 vedas and said by ancient sages. Vedas are the most scientifically validated scripture of any major religion of the world and that is signified in what Bhagwan says-“sound logic and conclusive evidence”, both pillars of modern science. The Sanskrit word for science is vignanam- which is also the word in Sanskrit for wisdom-information perceived with real life evidence and experience turns to wisdom!
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