Bhagavad Gita 13.6 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“The body is made of earth, water, fire, air, mind, thoughts and senses…”
What it means
“The field is made of the elements, ego, intellect, the unseen origin, the senses, the mind and the objects the senses perceive —
The original Sanskrit
महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥
mahābhūtānyahaṃkāro buddhiravyaktameva ca indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca pañca cendriyagocarāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
The great elements, egoism, intellect and the Unmanifest itself; the ten organs and the one, and the five objects of the senses;
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
पंच महाभूत, अहंकार, बुद्धि, अव्यक्त (प्रकृति), दस इन्द्रियाँ, एक मन, इन्द्रियों के पाँच विषय।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 13.7— along with desire and aversion, pleasure and pain, the body, consciousness and resolve. That, in short, is the field and how it changes.”