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Chapter 7 · Verse 4 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 7.4

contemplative Self & Identity Jnana & Wisdom

Sanskrit

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।

Transliteration

bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva cha ahankāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛitir aṣhṭadhā

Word by Word

bhūmiḥ earth
āpaḥ water
analaḥ fire
vāyuḥ air
kham space
manaḥ mind
buddhiḥ intellect
eva certainly
cha and
ahankāraḥ ego
iti thus
iyam all these
me my
bhinnā divisions
prakṛitiḥ material energy
aṣhṭadhā eightfold
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the eight-fold nature of His material energy—the very fabric through which consciousness experiences itself. Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego are not separate from Him, but His own expressions, His own dance of creation.

When you recognize that even your thoughts arise from this divine matrix, the illusion of separation dissolves, and you discover yourself as the eternal witness—untouched, unchanging, free. In daily life, this means seeing through the mechanistic patterns of mind and ego to the intelligence that animates them, reclaiming your power from identification with mere thoughts and reactions.

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Bhagavad Gita 7.4 — BG 7.4

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

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