Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 15, verse 7
A central verse about the nature of the soul: Krishna calls each living soul an eternal part of himself. The schools of Vedanta read 'part' in quite different ways.
Awaiting review by a scholar of this tradition. Original texts are public domain; the plain meanings and notes are written by IndiaDigital and are being checked. We describe what each tradition teaches, in its own terms, and never rank faiths. Report a correction
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ |manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati ||
An eternal part of me becomes the living soul in the world of living beings. It draws to itself the five senses, with the mind as the sixth, which rest in prakriti.
जीवों के संसार में मेरा ही एक सनातन अंश जीवात्मा बनता है। वह प्रकृति में स्थित पाँच इंद्रियों और छठे मन को अपनी ओर खींचता है।
जीवलोकात माझाच एक सनातन अंश जीवात्मा होतो. तो प्रकृतीत असलेली पाच इंद्रिये आणि सहावे मन यांना आपल्याकडे ओढून घेतो.
In Sanskrit, sounds at word edges merge (sandhi), so a line looks like one long word. Split it to see each word and its meaning.
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः ।
The sun does not light it, nor the moon, nor fire. Those who go there do not come back. That is my supreme abode.
15.8शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः ।
When this lord of the body takes on a body, and when it leaves one, it carries these senses along with it, as the wind carries scents from flowers.
The Yoga of the Supreme Person
Corrections from members of every tradition are welcome at support@indiadigital.org. Last checked: .