BG 7.4

My material nature is divided eightfold - earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego.

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा

bhūmir-āpo — earth and water
- bhūmir — earth
  bhūmiḥ—earth
- āpo — water
  āpaḥ—water
’nalo — fire
analaḥ—fire
vāyuḥ — air
khaṁ — space
mano — mind
buddhir — intellect
eva — certainly
cha — and
ahankāra — individuality, ego
itīyaṁ — thus all these
me — my
bhinnā — divisions
prakṛitir — material energy
aṣhṭadhā — eightfold

My material nature is divided eightfold - earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego.

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This is my lower nature. There is also my distinct higher nature, which forms the basis for life in this universe.

[5]

These two are the source of all living beings. I am the creator of the universe, and I am its dissolution.

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Summary