भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥
bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhir eva ca |ahaṅkāra itīyaṃ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā ||
- भूमिः · bhūmiḥ
- earth
- आपः · āpaḥ
- water
- अनलः · analaḥ
- fire
- वायुः · vāyuḥ
- air
- खम् · kham
- ether
- मनः · manaḥ
- mind
- बुद्धिः · buddhiḥ
- intellect
“Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — this is my nature divided eightfold.”
— Original plain-language translation
The lower nature is inventoried from gross elements to subtle faculties. All eight belong to Krishna as his own prakriti. Matter itself is thus divine before the higher nature is named.
— Reader's notes (original)