BG 7.4
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥
bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca
ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
Word-for-word meanings
bhūmiḥ — earth; āpaḥ — water; analaḥ — fire; vāyuḥ — air; kham — ether; manaḥ — mind; buddhiḥ — intellect; eva ca — and indeed; ahaṅkāraḥ — ego; iti — such; iyam — this [is]; me — My; prakṛtiḥ — material energy; bhinnā — divided; aṣṭadhā — eightfold.
Translation
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — this is My material energy (prakṛti), divided into eight categories.