Chapter 7, Verse 4
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
bhūmirāpo'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhireva ca। ahaṅkāra itīyaṃ me bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā।।7.4।।
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- भूमिः
- earth
- आपः
- water
- अनलः
- fire
- वायुः
- air/wind
- खम्
- ether/space
- मनः
- mind
- बुद्धिः
- intellect
- एव च
- and indeed / and also
- अहङ्कारः
- ego / sense of individuality
- इति
- thus (marking end of enumeration)
- इयं
- this
- मे
- my
- भिन्ना
- divided/differentiated
- प्रकृतिः
- nature/material energy
- अष्टधा
- eightfold
Commentary
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, thought (Manas) and reason (Buddhi), egoism (Ahawkara) — thus is My Prakriti divided eightfold.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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भूमिः
आपः
अनलः
वायुः
खम्
मनः
बुद्धिः
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अहङ्कारः
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