ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः । मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥ ७ ॥
mamaivānśho jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣhaṣhṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛiti-sthāni karṣhati
Translation
An eternal fragment of Myself, having become a living soul in the world of the living, draws to itself the mind and the five senses, which rest in prakriti.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
इस जीव-लोक में जीवात्मा मेरा ही सनातन अंश है, जो प्रकृति में स्थित मन और पाँचों इंद्रियों को अपनी ओर खींचता है।
Commentary
This is one of the Gita's central statements about the soul: every living being is mamaivamshah, "a fragment of Me alone," and sanatana, eternal. The soul is not a temporary product of matter; it belongs to God. Yet in the world it gathers around itself the mind and five senses ("the mind as the sixth") and is drawn into their struggles. The word karshati can mean both "draws" and "struggles with."
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