Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 4-5

Gita 7.4, Gita 7.5

भूमिः, आपः, अनलः, वायुः, खम्, मनः, बुद्धिः, एव, च,
अहंकारः, इति, इयम्, मे, भिन्ना, प्रकृतिः, अष्टधा।।4।।

अपरा, इयम्, इतः, तु, अन्याम्, प्रकृतिम्, विद्धि, मे, पराम्,
जीवभूताम्, महाबाहो, यया, इदम्, धार्यते, जगत्।।5।।

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Gita 7.4, Gita 7.5

BhoomiH, aapH, analH, vaayuH, kham’, manH, buddhiH, ev, ch,
AhankaarH, iti, iyam’, me, bhinna, prakritiH, ashtdha ||4||

Apra, iyam’, itH, tu, anyaam’, prakritim’, viddhi, me, paraam’,
Jeevbhootaam’, mahabaaho, yya, idam’, dhaaryate, jagat’ ||5||

Translation: (BhoomiH) earth (aapH) water (analH) fire (vaayuH) air (kham’) sky etc; a material body is made up of (ev) similarly (manH) mind (buddhiH) intellect (ch) and (ahankaarH) pride etc; a subtle body is made up of (iti) in this way (iyam’) this (ashtdha) in eight ways i.e. Ashtangi only (bhinna) divided (me) my (prakritiH) Prakriti i.e. Durga (iyam’) this (tu) however (apra) unique i.e. there is no goddesses compared to her and in both the above-mentioned bodies, only she has main contribution and (mahabaaho) O mighty-armed! (itH) than this (anyaam’) the other (yya) by whom (idam’) this whole (jagat’) world (dhaaryate) is sustained (me) my (jeevbhootaam’) conscious in jeev form (paraam’) the second i.e. conscious in form (prakritim’) Prakriti i.e. Durga (viddhi) know. (4-5)

Gita 7.4, 7.5: A material body is made up of earth, water, fire, air, ether etc; similarly, a subtle body is made up of mind, intellect and pride. In this way, divided in eight ways i.e. this Ashtangi only is my Prakriti i.e. Durga. She is unique i.e. there is no other goddess like her, and in both the above-mentioned bodies, she only has the main contribution, and O mighty-armed! Know the other than this, by whom this whole world is sustained to be my second Prakriti i.e. Durga, who is conscious in jeev form i.e. has a form. Because Durga only hid in the ocean by creating other forms, and acquiring the three forms of Lakshmi, Savitri and Uma, married the three gods (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv) and produced the living beings.

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