The Deity said: This body, O son of Kunti! is called Kshetra and the learned call him who knows it the Kshetragna. And know me also, O descendant of Bharata! to be the Kshetragna in all Kshetras. The knowledge of Kshetra and Kshetragna is deemed by me (to be real) knowledge. Now hear from me in brief what that Kshetra (is), what (it is) like, what changes (it undergoes), and whence (it comes), and what is he, and what his powers,