15.7
ममैवांशो जीवलोके
जीवभूतः सनातनः ।
मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि
प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues, and the subject changes from the abode to a portion of him.
The verse
An eternal portion of me becomes the life in the world of the living, and draws the senses, with the mind as sixth, that abide in nature.
नेपालीमा
मेरो नै सनातन अंश जीव लोकमा जीव बन्छ, र प्रकृतिमा रहेका इन्द्रियहरूलाई, मनलाई छैटौँ बनाएर, तान्छ।
Where it sits
The abode of 15.6 was where they do not return. This verse names what does live here: not a second lord, a portion of him, become the life, pulling the senses with it. The body-to-body travel is next.
Split: मम + एव + अंशः + जीव-लोके + जीव-भूतः + सनातनः + मनः-षष्ठानि + इन्द्रियाणि + प्रकृति-स्थानि + कर्षति
mama + eva + aṃśaḥ + jīva-loke + jīva-bhūtaḥ + sanātanaḥ + manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni + indriyāṇi + prakṛti-sthāni + karṣati
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| मम | mama | genitive | my. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | alone. Just. It presses mama (मम). |
| अंशः | aṃśaḥ | nominative singular | a portion. A part. |
| जीव-लोके | jīva-loke | locative singular | in the world of the living. |
| जीव-भूतः | jīva-bhūtaḥ | nominative singular | become a life. Become the living one. bhūta (भूत) is "become." |
| सनातनः | sanātanaḥ | nominative singular | eternal. Agrees with aṃśaḥ (अंशः). |
| मनः-षष्ठानि | manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni | accusative plural neuter, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | having the mind as the sixth. ṣaṣṭha (षष्ठ) is sixth. |
| इन्द्रियाणि | indriyāṇi | accusative plural | the senses. |
| प्रकृति-स्थानि | prakṛti-sthāni | accusative plural | standing in nature. Abiding in prakṛti (प्रकृति). Agrees with indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि). |
| कर्षति | karṣati | present, 3rd singular of kṛṣ (कृष्) | draws. Pulls. |
The phrases
mama eva aṃśaḥ (मम एव अंशः) is the subject, pressed by eva (एव). A portion of me, just that. मम + एव mama + eva is mamaiva (ममैव), अ + ए a + e becoming ai (ऐ), and एव + अंशः eva + aṃśaḥ is evāṃśaḥ (एवांशः). The visarga before j (ज्) becomes o (ओ): aṃśo jīvaloke (अंशो जीवलोके).
jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ (जीव-लोके जीव-भूतः सनातनः) says where and as what. In the world of the living, become a life, and the portion itself is eternal. The eternity belongs to the portion, not to the body it will enter.
manaḥṣaṣṭhāni indriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati (मनःषष्ठानि इन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति) is what the portion does. It draws the senses, the group whose sixth is the mind, and those senses stand in nature. 15.9 will name the five besides the mind. षष्ठानि + इन्द्रियाणि ṣaṣṭhāni + indriyāṇi is ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi (षष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि), अ + इ a + i becoming ī (ई).
Sanskrit in this line
manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni (मनः-षष्ठानि) is a bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) on the senses, not a name of the mind alone. "Sixth" counts. Five senses and the mind make six, so the compound describes indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि). The visarga of manaḥ (मनः) is kept in writing before ṣ (ष्). That is the same spelling this text uses before a sibilant.
Say it back
Whose portion, and what it draws. If sanātanaḥ (सनातनः) is given to the body, stay here. The eternal word agrees with aṃśaḥ (अंशः).