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Chapter 13 · Verse 6 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 13.6

contemplative Self & Identity Jnana & Wisdom Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः।।13.6।।

Transliteration

mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ

Word by Word

mahā-bhūtāni the (five) great elements
ahankāraḥ the ego
buddhiḥ the intellect
avyaktam the unmanifested primordial matter
eva indeed
cha and
indriyāṇi the senses
daśha-ekam eleven
cha and
pañcha five
cha and
indriya-go-charāḥ the (five) objects of the senses
Simplified Perspective

Krishna is unveiling the architecture of creation itself—the five great elements, ego, intellect, unmanifest prakriti, and the eleven senses with their five objects—all the instruments through which consciousness experiences the world. This enumeration is not mere philosophy but a compassionate mapping of where we are bound, showing us exactly what must be witnessed and transcended.

When you observe your own mind, body, and senses as this divine enumeration rather than as 'mine,' the knot of identification loosens, and freedom becomes tangible.

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Bhagavad Gita 13.6 — BG 13.6

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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