Chapter 13 · Verse 6 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.6
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
In plain words
You are not your racing mind, your body's pain, your five senses picking up every threat, or even the 'I' that feels so solid and afraid right now. Krishna says: look at all of it—your thoughts, your urges, your perceptions—as instruments you're using, not as who you are. When you stop gripping them as 'mine,' the knot loosens, and you discover there's a witness in you that cannot be harmed.
Word by Word
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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