Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 6
महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥
Say itmahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha
indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ
Translation
The great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and the five objects of the senses.
Swami Sivananda
The great elements, egoism, intellect, and the Unmanifest itself; the ten organs and the one, and the five objects of the senses;
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
The great elements, the Ahankara, the Buddhi, the Avyakta, the ten senses, and the one, in addition, the five objects of the senses;
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
The five great elements, egotism, the intellect, the unmanifest, and the ten organs and the five objects of the senses.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
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—
Shri Purohit Swami
मूल प्रकृति, समष्टि बुद्धि (महत्तत्त्व), समष्टि अहंकार, पाँच महाभूत और दस इन्द्रियाँ, एक मन तथा पाँचों इन्द्रियोंके पाँच विषय ( -- यह चौबीस तत्त्वोंवाला क्षेत्र है)।
Swami Ramsukhdas
पंच महाभूत, अहंकार, बुद्धि, अव्यक्त (प्रकृति), दस इन्द्रियाँ, एक मन, इन्द्रियों के पाँच विषय।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.
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