ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ |manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati ||
- मम · mama
- my
- एव · eva
- indeed, alone
- अंशः · aṃśaḥ
- a portion, fragment
- जीवलोके · jīvaloke
- in the world of the living
- जीवभूतः · jīvabhūtaḥ
- become the living self
- सनातनः · sanātanaḥ
- eternal
- मनःषष्ठानि · manaḥṣaṣṭhāni
- with mind as sixth
- इन्द्रियाणि · indriyāṇi
- the senses
- प्रकृतिस्थानि · prakṛtisthāni
- resting in nature
- कर्षति · karṣati
- draws, drags toward itself
“An eternal fragment of myself becomes the living self in the world of life, drawing to itself the senses — with mind as sixth — that rest in nature.”
— Original plain-language translation
IN SHORT You are an enduring spark of the greater life, wrapped in senses.
A startling intimacy: each living being is Krishna's own portion, not a stranger. Yet the fragment entangles itself by pulling nature's senses around itself like borrowed clothing. The verse holds both truths at once — divine origin and self-caused bondage. It is like a shop owner renting six work phones that slowly start running his daily life.
— Reader's notes (original)