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Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 19

Sāṅkhya Enumeration of Tattvas, Distinction of Puruṣa–Prakṛti, and the Mechanics of Birth and Death

Devanagari script

सप्तैव धातव इति तत्रार्था: पञ्चखादय: । ज्ञानमात्मोभयाधारस्ततो देहेन्द्रियासव: ॥ १९ ॥

Transliteration

saptaiva dhātava iti tatrārthāḥ pañca khādayaḥ jñānam ātmobhayādhāras tato dehendriyāsavaḥ

Translation

Selon certains philosophes, il existe sept éléments : la terre, l’eau, le feu, l’air et l’éther, auxquels s’ajoutent l’âme consciente et le Paramatma, fondement à la fois des éléments matériels et de l’âme individuelle. Selon cette théorie, le corps, les sens, le souffle vital et tous les phénomènes matériels proviennent de ces sept éléments.

Synonyms
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या; प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used adjectivally: “seven”)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis “only/indeed”)
धातवःelements
धातवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधातु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)
तत्रtherein
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb “there/in that context”)
अर्थाःobjects/categories
अर्थाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या; प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used adjectivally: “five”)
खादयःether etc. (the five elements)
खादयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootख-आदि (प्रातिपदिक: ख + आदि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nominative plural); समासः तत्पुरुषः (खादयः = ख-आदि-भूतानि/तन्मात्राणि; “ether etc.”)
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative singular)
आत्मself
आत्म:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (as member in compound)
उभयाधारःthe support of both
उभयाधारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउभय-आधार (प्रातिपदिक: उभय + आधार)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (उभयस्य आधारः)
ततःthereafter/from that
ततः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थक (ablatival adverb “thereafter/from that”)
देहbody
देह:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (as member in compound)
इन्द्रियsense organ
इन्द्रिय:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (as member in compound)
असवःvital airs (together with body and senses)
असवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nominative plural); समासः द्वन्द्वः (देह+इन्द्रिय+असवः = body, senses, and vital airs)
Purport

Having explained His own viewpoint, the Lord now summarizes various other analytic methodologies.

Characters & Entities
K
Krishna
U
Uddhava

FAQs

This verse states that the five gross elements beginning with space are counted among the fundamental constituents, but the Self (ātmā) is the underlying support, from which the body, senses, and vital airs functionally arise.

Krishna instructs Uddhava in discriminating knowledge (tattva-viveka) so he can see the body and its functions as products of elements, while recognizing the ātmā as the true support—helping detach from matter and progress toward liberation and devotion.

Treat the body, senses, and even mental knowing as instruments arising from nature, and regularly center identity in the Self under Krishna’s guidance—reducing anxiety and strengthening steady bhakti practice.

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