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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 7 · Jñāna Vijñāna Yoga

Shloka 7.4

Lesson 284 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Knowing the Divine in principle and experience. How are conceptual knowledge and realised understanding distinguished?

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Shloka · Devanagari

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva chaahankāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛitir aṣhṭadhā

Sandhi-vicheda

bhūmiḥ+āpaḥ+analaḥ+vāyuḥ+kham+manaḥ+buddhiḥ+eva+cha+ahankāraḥ+iti+iyam+me+bhinnā+prakṛitiḥ+aṣhṭadhā

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Meaning of each word

bhūmiḥsource form

earth

āpaḥsource form

water

analaḥsource form

fire

vāyuḥsource form

air

khamsource form

space

manaḥsource form

mind

buddhiḥsource form

intellect

evasource form

certainly

chasource form

and

ahankāraḥsource form

ego

itisource form

thus

iyamsource form

all these

mesource form

bhinnāsource form

divisions

prakṛitiḥsource form

material energy

aṣhṭadhāsource form

eightfold

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।7.4।। भूमिः इति पृथिवीतन्मात्रमुच्यते न स्थूला भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा इति वचनात्। तथा अबादयोऽपि तन्मात्राण्येव उच्यन्ते आपः अनलः वायुः खम्। मनः इति मनसः कारणमहंकारो गृह्यते। बुद्धिः इति अहंकारकारणं महत्तत्त्वम्। अहंकारः इति अविद्यासंयुक्तमव्यक्तम्। यथा विषसंयुक्तमन्नं विषमित्युच्यते एवमहंकारवासनावत् अव्यक्तं मूलकारणमहंकार इत्युच्यते प्रवर्तकत्वात् अहंकारस्य। अहंकार एव हि सर्वस्य प्रवृत्तिबीजं दृष्टं लोके। इतीयं यथोक्ता प्रकृतिः मे मम ऐश्वरी मायाशक्तिः अष्टधा भिन्ना भेदमागता।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 7.4

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