Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 7, Verse 4: Krishna to ArjunaJñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

Bhagavad Gītā 7.4Chapter 7 · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga · KrishnaArjuna · anuṣṭubh
भूमिरापो ऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च
अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा
bhūmibhūmi(2 verses)nominative feminine singular nounearth, ground, landr āpo 'nalo vāyuḥvāyu(6 verses)nominative masculine singular nounwind; the wind-god Vāyuattested in commentariesadvaitaखम्। मनः इति मनसः कारणमहंकारो गृह्यते। बुद्धिः इति अहंकारकारणं महत्तत्त्वम्। अहंकारः इति अविद्यासंयुक्तमव्यक्तम्। यथा वadvaita-bhaktiखमिति पृथिव्यप्तेजोवाय्वाकाशाख्यपञ्चमहाभूतसूक्ष्मावस्थारूपाणि गन्धरसरूपस्पर्शशब्दात्मकानि पञ्चतन्मात्राणि लक्ष्यन्ते khaṃ mano buddhibuddhi(48 verses)nominative feminine singular nounintellect, intelligence, discriminating facultyr evaeva(174 verses)indeed, truly, only (emphatic particle) caca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca)
ahaṃkāraahaṃkāra(9 verses)nominative masculine singular nounego-sense, the I-maker itīyaṃ memad(383 verses)genitive singular nounI, me (1st person pronoun stem); also: to rejoice (verbal root) bhinnā√bhidnominative feminine singular participle nounto break, split (verbal root)attested in commentariesadvaitaप्रकृतिरष्टधा इति वचनात्viśiṣṭādvaitaमदीया इति विद्धिśuddhādvaitaभूम्यादिरूपेण परिणताऽष्टविधा तत्र पञ्चधा स्थूलभावमिता पञ्चमहाभूतानि स्पष्टान्येवbhakti। यद्वा भूम्यादिशब्दैः पञ्चमहाभूतानि सूक्ष्मैः सहैकीकृत्य गृह्यन्ते अहंकारशब्देनैवाहंकारस्तेनैव तत्कार्याणीन्द्रियाण्यपि prakṛtiprakṛti(28 verses)nominative feminine singular nounprimordial nature (pra- + √kṛ 'do' — 'that from which all is made')r aṣṭadhāaṣṭadhāin eight ways (aṣṭa + -dhā)attested in commentariesadvaitaभिन्ना भेदमागताviśiṣṭādvaitaभिन्ना मदीया इति विद्धि
spokensingle-voice recital; rendered via IndicF5 conditioned on a Sanskrit reference clip
meaning

Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego-sense: these eight are My nature, divided.