महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥
Hindi · हिन्दी
मूल प्रकृति, समष्टि बुद्धि महत्तत्त्व, समष्टि अहंकार, पाँच महाभूत और दस इन्द्रियाँ, एक मन तथा पाँचों इन्द्रियोंके पाँच विषय यह चौबीस तत्त्वोंवाला क्षेत्र है ॥
English
The five great elements, ego, intellect, the unmanifest, the ten senses, the one mind, and the five sense-objects: this is the field in brief.
What this verse means
The body-mind world is made of many parts: elements, ego, intellect, senses, mind, and sense-objects. Krishna is naming the field so Arjuna can see it clearly.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield, Arjuna is frozen, and Krishna begins mapping reality with precision. After introducing the field and the knower of the field, he lists the twenty-four components that make up the field itself, so Arjuna can separate what changes from what knows.
Why this verse still matters
You sit in a therapist’s office after saying, “I don’t know what’s wrong with me.” The first relief is naming the parts: body, thoughts, impulses, roles, reactions. Clarity starts there.
The takeaway
You stop mistaking your changing equipment for who you are.
Word-by-word translation
महाभूतानि (the five great elements) / अहङ्कारः (ego) / बुद्धिः (intellect) / अव्यक्तम् (the unmanifest) / एव (indeed) / च (and) / इन्द्रियाणि (the senses) / दश (ten) / एकम् (one) / च (and) / पञ्च (five) / च (and) / इन्द्रियगोचराः (sense-objects)
This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga — Field and Knower of the Field, which contains 35 verses.
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