Chapter 7 · Verse 4 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 7.4
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
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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