Chapter 7: Gyaan Vigyana Yoga, verse 4
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥
Say itbhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva cha
ahankāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛitir aṣhṭadhā
Translation
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.
Swami Sivananda
This Prakrti of Mine is divided eightfold thus: earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and egoism.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, Manas, Buddhi, and the ego-sense—thus My Prakriti is divided into eight parts.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
My nature is divided into eight parts: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Ether, Mind, Intellect, and Ego.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and personality—this is the eightfold division of My manifested nature.
Shri Purohit Swami
पृथ्वी, जल, तेज, वायु, आकाश -- ये पञ्चमहाभूत और मन, बुद्धि तथा अहंकार -- यह आठ प्रकारके भेदोंवाली मेरी 'अपरा' प्रकृति है। हे महाबाहो ! इस अपरा प्रकृतिसे भिन्न जीवरूप बनी हुई मेरी 'परा' प्रकृतिको जान, जिसके द्वारा यह जगत् धारण किया जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
पृथ्वी, जल, अग्नि, वायु और आकाश तथा मन, बुद्धि और अहंकार - यह आठ प्रकार से विभक्त हुई मेरी प्रकृति है।
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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