Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 6 (13.6)

महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः | | १३-६ | |

mahābhūtānyahaṁkāro buddhiravyaktameva cha indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriyagocharāḥ

Word-by-word guide:

Line 1:

मह-भुतनि (maha-bhutani) — थे फिवे महान एलेमेन्त्स्(the five great elements)
अहन्करह् (ahankarah) — एगो या पेर्सोनलित्य्(ego or personality)
बुद्धिः (buddhih) — बुद्धि(intellect)
अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) — अव्यक्त(the unmanifest (life force/energy))
एव (eva) — ही(and indeed)
च (cha) — और(and)

Line 2:

इन्द्रियनि (indriyani) — थे सेन्सेस्(the senses)
दश (dasha) — थे तेन् प्लुस् एक(एलेवेन् सेन्सेस्: फिवे सेन्सेस् का पेर्चेप्तिओन्, फिवे का अच्तिओन्, और थे मन) (the ten plus one (eleven senses: five senses of perception, five of action, and the mind))
i joined in daśhaikaṁ
कः (kah) — कौन(who)
m joined in daśhaikaṁ
च (cha) — और(and)
पन्च (pancha) — फिवे(five)
cendri joined in chendriyagocharāḥ
यः (yah) — जो(who)
go joined in chendriyagocharāḥ
च (cha) — और(and)
rah joined in chendriyagocharāḥ

English: The five great fundamentals (earth, fire, air, water and ether), personality, intellect, the mysterious life force, the ten organs of perception and action, the mind and the five domains of sensation;

💡 Commentary Note

The field consists of the five great elements, the ego, the intellect, the unmanifest source, the ten senses, the mind, and the five objects of the senses. This defines the objective world.

Learnings from Shloka 6:

Elements of the Field:: Both the physical body and the subtle mind (ego and intellect) belong to the material field.
External Identity:: Do not identify with the ego or intellect; they are objects observed by the true Self.

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