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Among thousands of men scarce one striveth for perfection; of the successful strivers scarce one knoweth Me in essence. (3)

 

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च । अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥ ४ ॥

Earth, water, fire, air, ether, Mind,^[1] and Reason^[2] also and Egoism^[3]—these are the eightfold division of My nature.^[4] (4)

 

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् । जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ ५ ॥

This the inferior. Know My other nature,^[4] the higher, the life-element, O mighty-armed, by which the universe is upheld. (5)

 

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय । अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥

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1. Manah.
2. Buddhi.
3. Ahañkâra.
4. Prakriti, matter in the widest sense of the term, including all that has extension. The "Higher Prakriti," of the next verse, is sometimes called Daivîprakriti, the Light of the Logos.