Chapter 7 · Verse 4
Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा
bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva cha ahankāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛitir aṣhṭadhā
Word Meanings
bhūmiḥ — earth; āpaḥ — water; analaḥ — fire; vāyuḥ — air; kham — space; manaḥ — mind; buddhiḥ — intellect; eva — certainly; cha — and; ahankāraḥ — ego; iti — thus; iyam — all these; me — my; bhinnā — divisions; prakṛitiḥ — material energy; aṣhṭadhā — eightfold
Translation
Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego—thus is My material nature divided eightfold.
Commentary