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Bhagavad Gita 13.5

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः।।

mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
mahā-bhūtānimahā-bhūtānithe (five) great elements
ahankāraḥahankāraḥthe ego
buddhiḥbuddhiḥthe intellect
avyaktamavyaktamthe unmanifested primordial matter
evaevaindeed
chachaand
indriyāṇiindriyāṇithe senses
daśha-ekamdaśha-ekameleven
chachaand
pañchapañchafive
chachaand
indriya-go-charāḥindriya-go-charāḥthe (five) objects of the senses

The great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and the five objects of the senses.

पंच महाभूत, अहंकार, बुद्धि, अव्यक्त (प्रकृति), दस इन्द्रियाँ, एक मन, इन्द्रियों के पाँच विषय।।