महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च | इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः
mahābhūtānyahaṃkāro buddhiravyaktameva ca . indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca pañca cendriyagocarāḥ
ಮಹಾಭೂತಗಳು, ಅಹಂಕಾರ, ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತವೇ, ಹತ್ತು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು (ಮನಸ್ಸು), ಹಾಗೂ ಐದು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗೋಚರ ವಿಷಯಗಳು (ಇವು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸುತ್ತವೆ).
The great elements, egoism, intellect and the Unmanifest itself; the ten organs and the one, and the five objects of the senses;
ಈ ಶ್ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡುಗಳನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಂಖ್ಯ ದರ್ಶನದ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕು ತತ್ತ್ವಗಳನ್ನು ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಹಾಭೂತಗಳು - ಪೃಥ್ವಿ, ಜಲ, ಅಗ್ನಿ, ವಾಯು ಮತ್ತು ಆಕಾಶ - ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಹಾಭೂತಗಳು ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅವು ದ್ರವ್ಯದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಡುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿವೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಿಸಲಾದ ಭೂತಗಳು ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾದವುಗಳೇ ಹೊರತು ಸ್ಥೂಲವಾದವುಗಳಲ್ಲ. ಅಹಂಕಾರವು ಮಹಾಭೂತಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಬುದ್ಧಿಯು ಅಹಂಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಬುದ್ಧಿಯ ಕಾರ್ಯವು ನಿರ್ಧಾರ. ಹತ್ತು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳು - ಐದು ಜ್ಞಾನೇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಐದು ಕರ್ಮೇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳು. 'ಒಂದು' ಎಂದರೆ ಮನಸ್ಸು. ಇದು ಹನ್ನೊಂದನೇ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯ, ಇದರ ಕಾರ್ಯವು ಚಿಂತನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಶಯ. ಐದು ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗೋಚರ ವಿಷಯಗಳು - ಶಬ್ದ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ, ರೂಪ (ಬಣ್ಣ), ರುಚಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಾಸನೆ.
The field and its modifications are described in this verse. The twentyfour principles of the Sankhya school of philosophy are mentioned here.Great elements Earth? water? fire? air and ether are so called because they pervade all modifications of matter. The elements here referred to are the subtle? not the gross ones.Egoism is the cause of the great elements. It is the selfarrogating principle. Intellect is the cause of egoism. The function of the intellect is determination. Buddhi is the faculty of determination. The cause of the intellect is the Unmanifested (which is the undifferentiated energy of the Lord). (Cf.VII.14 Daivi hyesha gunamayi mama maya duratyaya -- This divine illusion of Mine? caused by the alities? is difficult to cross over.) The above Nature is divided eightfold (Cf.VII.4).The ten senses are the five organs of knowledge (ears? skin? eyes? tongue and nose)? so called because they enable the mind to get knowledge of the external world? and the five organs of action (hands? feet? mouth? anus and the generative organ)? so called because they perform actions.The one This is the mind. This is the eleventh sense whose function is thinking and doubting (Sankalpa and Vikalpa).The five objects of the senses are sound? touch? form (colour)? taste and smell. These are the fivefol pastures of the senses.All the great elements? egoism? intellect? the senses and mind are all absorbed in the Unmanifested at the time of the cosmic dissolution.Mind is Maya. Mind is Avidya (ignorance). Mind is at the root of all activities. It gives strength to desires? fosters fear and builds castles in the air. It confers force on egoism and stimultates,aspirations. Every tendency has its origin in the mind. It augments passions? gives strength to hope and awakens the sense of duality. It increases ignorance and plunges the senses in the ocean of senseobjects. It creates distinctions and differences. It separates? divides and limits. It is a strong wall or an iron barrier that stands between the individual soul and the Absolute. It is this mind that has brought Brahman to the condition of the individual soul. It is the storehouse of error? cravings? doubt? delusion and ignorance. It is an everrevolving wheel that generates thoughts. It is a miraculous thoughtproducing machine. It creates at one moment. It destroys at the next moment.