Bhagavad Gita 15.7 meaningThe upside-down tree
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A little piece of me lives inside every living being.” — you carry God inside.
What it means
“A part of me becomes the eternal self in every living being. It draws to itself the mind and the five senses, which belong to nature.”
The original Sanskrit · known as “Mamaivamsho Jiva Loke”
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः । मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati
Translations
Literal translation
It is verily a part of Mine which, becoming the eternal individual soul in the region of living beings, draws (to itself) the organs which have the mind as their sixth, and which abide in Nature.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
इस जीव लोक में मेरा ही एक सनातन अंश जीव बना है। वह प्रकृति में स्थ ित हुआ (देहत्याग के समय) पाँचो इन्द्रियों तथा मन को अपनी ओर खींच लेता है अर्थात् उन्हें एकत्रित कर लेता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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