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The mind, intellect, ego, ether, air, fire, water,
and earth are the eightfold transformation of My Prakriti. (See also
13.05) (7.04)
That which creates diversity, and all that can be seen or known is
called Prakriti. Prakriti is also the material cause or the material out
of which everything is made. Prakriti is the original source of the
material world consisting of three Gunas, and eight basic elements out
of which everything in this universe has evolved according to Saamkhya
doctrine. Prakriti is also referred to as Asat, perishable, body,
matter, nature, material nature, Maya, Mahat Brahma, field, creation,
and manifest state.
This Prakriti is My lower energy. My other higher energy is the Purusha
by which this entire universe is sustained, O Arjuna. (7.05)
Purusha is the consciousness that observes, witnesses, watches, and
supervises Prakrti. It is the spiritual energy or the efficient cause of
the universe. This is also referred to as Sat, imperishable, Atma,
consciousness, spirit, self, soul, energy, field knower, creator, and
the unmanifest state. Prakriti and Purusha are not two independent
identities but the two aspects of Brahman, the Absolute Reality.
Know that all creatures have evolved from this twofold energy, and
Brahman is the origin as well as the dissolution of the entire universe.
(See also 13.26) (7.06)
O Arjuna, there is nothing higher than Brahman. Everything in the
universe is strung on Brahman like jewels on the thread of a necklace.
(7.07)
O Arjuna, I am the sapidity in the water, I am the radiance in the sun
and the moon, the sacred syllable OM in all the Vedas, the sound in the
ether, and the manhood in men. (7.08)
I am the sweet fragrance in the earth. I am the heat in the fire, the
life in all living beings, and the austerity in the ascetics. (7.09)
O Arjuna, know Me to be the eternal seed of all creatures. I am the
intelligence of the intelligent, and the brilliance of the brilliant.
(See also 9.18 and 10.39) (7.10)
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