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Bhagavad Gītā 15.7

BG 15.7

ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति

mamaivānśho jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣhaṣhṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛiti-sthāni karṣhati

It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, that draws around itself the six senses, with the mind being the last, which have their source in Nature.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

An eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses, with the mind as the sixth, abiding in Nature.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

mama—my; eva—only; anśhaḥ—fragmental part; jīva-loke—in the material world; jīva-bhūtaḥ—the embodied souls; sanātanaḥ—eternal; manaḥ—with the mind; ṣhaṣhṭhāni—the six; indriyāṇi—senses; prakṛiti-sthāni—bound by material nature; karṣhati—struggling

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 15.7, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/15.7), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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