Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 15, Verse 7
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।
mamaivānśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati
also searched as "mamaivanso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah"
Translation
An everlasting part of Myself, having become the bound self in the world of life, attracts the senses, of which the mind is the sixth, and which abide in Prakriti.
Vāṇi's rendering
Every living soul is an eternal fragment of me — drawing to itself the five senses and the mind.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ममmama | of me, mine |
| एवeva | verily, nothing else but (joined with the next word as mamaivānśo) |
| अंशःanśaḥ | a portion, a fragment |
| जीवलोकेjīva-loke | in the world of the living |
| जीवभूतःjīva-bhūtaḥ | having become the individual living being |
| सनातनःsanātanaḥ | eternal, without beginning or end |
| मनःषष्ठानिmanaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni | having the mind as the sixth (sandhi joins this to the next word) |
| इन्द्रियाणिindriyāṇi | the senses |
| प्रकृतिस्थानिprakṛti-sthāni | seated in prakṛti, belonging to nature |
| कर्षतिkarṣati | draws, pulls toward itself |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 Verse 7 mean?
Krishna states two things at once. The living being is an eternal portion of him — not manufactured, not separate. And that same being pulls the five senses and the mind toward itself, holding what belongs to prakṛti as though it were its own. Origin is divine; the grip is the problem.
What does mamaivanso jiva-loke mean in the Gita?
Aṃśa means portion, fragment, share. Krishna does not say the soul resembles him or was made by him; he says it is a piece of him, and sanātana — beginningless. The word refuses distance. Whatever you have done, the material you are made of has never stopped being his.
Why is the mind called the sixth sense here?
Because the Gītā counts it among the instruments, not among the selves. Ear, skin, eye, tongue, nose — and then manas, the one that gathers and interprets. All six are prakṛti-sthāni, seated in nature. Your thinking is equipment, like your eyes. Useful, borrowed, and not you.
If I am a fragment of Krishna, why do I suffer?
Because of karṣati — the drawing. The fragment reaches out, takes hold of senses and mind, and then mistakes the grip for identity. Suffering is not a flaw in your nature; it is the weight of what you are clutching. Loosen the hand and see what remains.
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Commentary
Not a creation, not a servant — a fragment. Krishna says the living being in this world is aṃśa, a portion of him, and sanātana, without beginning. Nothing was ever added to make you divine, and nothing can be taken away. Then the second half, which is where the trouble lives: this eternal fragment draws the senses and the mind to itself, gathers them, wears them like clothing, and forgets. The five doors and the sixth that thinks — all borrowed from prakṛti, all held so tightly they feel like identity. You are not the handful you are holding. You are the hand.