13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.6

The five elements (earth, fire, air, water, and space), personality, intellect, the life force, the ten organs of perception, the mind, and the five senses, ...

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः

  • mahā-bhūtāny — the great elements

    • mahā — great

    • bhūtāny — elements

  • ahankāro — the ego
    While the modern notion of "ego" is largely shaped by psychology, the notion of ego described by ahaṅkāra (अहङ्कार) is an element of creation, consciousness, and individuality.

  • buddhir — the intellect

  • avyaktam — the unmanifested primordial matter

  • eva — indeed

  • cha — and

  • indriyāṇi — the senses

  • daśhaikaṁ — eleven
    daśha-ekam—eleven

  • cha — and

  • pañcha — five

  • chendriya-gocharāḥ — and the objects of the senses
    cha—and; indriya-go-charāḥ—the (five) objects of the senses

    • chendriya

    • gocharāḥ

...13.5

The five elements (earth, fire, air, water, and space), personality, intellect, the life force, the ten organs of perception, the mind, and the five senses,

[6]

craving and aversion, happiness and sorrow, the body, sentience, and fortitude - these, together with their modifications, are the "field".

[7]

With humility, unpretentiousness, nonviolence, forgiveness, sincerity, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, and self-control

[8]

renunciation of sensual pleasures, absence of pride, recognition of the painful cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death,

[9]

with indifference toward children, spouses, and homes, and with equanimity toward both good fortune and bad,

[10]

constantly devote yourself toward me alone, retreat to solitary places, and remain indifferent toward socializing.

[11]

True wisdom is constantly yearning for knowledge of the self, and pondering the nature of reality. Ignorance is everything to the contrary.

[12]

13.13...

Similar verses

Chapter 13, Verse 6