BG 15.7

ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।
मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati

Word-for-word meanings

sanātanaḥ — the eternal;  jīva-bhūtaḥ — living being;  aṁśaḥ — [is] an integrated part;  mama eva — of Me alone;  jīva-loke — in this material world;  karṣati — it draws [to itself, i.e., is entangled with];  manaḥ — the mind;  ṣaṣṭhāni — [as] the sixth [sense];  indriyāṇi — [and] the five cognitive senses;  sthāni — which are rooted;  prakṛti — in phenomenality.

Translation

The eternal living being is an integrated part of Me alone. In this material world, it is entangled with the mind and the five cognitive senses, which are rooted in phenomenality.

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Asked 20 Sep 2026, 08:07

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How to understand the word "karṣati" here?

  1. Admin Answered

    Babaji's translation is "it draws [to itself i.e. is entangled with]". Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments as follows which I translate below:

    sanātano nityaḥ sa ca baddha-daśāyāṁ mana eva ṣaṣṭhaṁ yeṣāṁ tānīndriyāṇi prakṛtāv upādhau sthitāni karṣati | mamaiva etānīti svīyatvābhimānena gṛhītāṁ pādārgala-śṛṅkhalām iva karṣati ||7||

    sanātana means eternal. And in the conditioned state, this [eternal jīva] becomes entangled with (karṣati) the senses situated in the upādhi (prakṛti) [of the body], of which [i.e. of which senses] the mind is the sixth. [He now explains what it means to become entangled in the senses:] [He] drags (karṣati) [the senses] like a chain bound around his foot, accepting them as his own, thinking, “These are indeed mine.”