Verse 13.6
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च | इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ||६||
Transliteration (IAST)
mahā-bhūtāny ahaṅkāro buddhir avyaktam eva ca | indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca pañca cendriya-gocarāḥ ||6||
Word-by-Word Meanings
mahā-bhūtāni-the great elements
ahaṅkāraḥ-ego/false identification
buddhiḥ-intellect
avyaktam-the unmanifest (prakriti)
indriyāṇi-the senses
daśa-ekam-eleven (ten senses + mind)
indriya-gocarāḥ-objects of the senses
Translation
The five great elements, the ego, the intellect, the unmanifest Prakriti, the ten senses and the mind, and the five sense objects -
Commentary
Krishna begins enumerating the constituents of the field (kṣetra). This follows the Sankhya framework: the five mahābhūtas (earth, water, fire, air, ether), ahaṅkāra, buddhi, avyakta (primordial nature), eleven sense organs (five of knowledge, five of action, plus mind), and five sense objects (sound, touch, form, taste, smell).
Themes
jnana