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Shloka 4

Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

हजारों मनुष्योंमें कोई एक मेरी प्राप्तिके लिये यत्न करता हैः और उन यत्न करनेवाले योगियोंमें भी कोई एक मेरे परायण होकर मुझको तत्त्वसे अर्थात्‌ यथार्थरूपसे जानता है ।। भूमिरापो5नलो वायु: खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च । अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा,पृथिवी, जल, अग्नि, वायु, आकाश, मन, बुद्धि और अहंकार भी--इस प्रकार यह आठ प्रकारसे विभाजित मेरी प्रकृति है। यह आठ प्रकारके भेदोंवाली तो अपरार अर्थात्‌ मेरी जड प्रकृति है और हे महाबाहो! इससे दूसरीको, जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ धारण किया जाता है, मेरी जीवरूपा परा अर्थात्‌ चेतन प्रकृति जान

bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca | ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā ||

వేలమంది మనుష్యులలో ఎవడో ఒకడే నా ప్రాప్తికై యత్నిస్తాడు; యత్నించే సిద్ధులలోనూ ఎవడో ఒకడే నన్ను తత్త్వతః—యథార్థంగా—తెలుసుకొంటాడు. భూమి, జలం, అగ్ని, వాయువు, ఆకాశం, మనస్సు, బుద్ధి, అహంకారం—ఇలా నా ప్రకృతి ఎనిమిది విధాలుగా విభజితమై ఉంది.

भूमिःearth
भूमिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
आपःwaters
आपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अनलःfire
अनलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायुःwind
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
खम्space/ether
खम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Root
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
बुद्धिःintellect
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अहंकारःego-sense
अहंकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहंकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
इयम्this
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मेmy/of me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
भिन्नाdivided
भिन्ना:
TypeAdjective
Rootभिन्न
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्रकृतिःnature
प्रकृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अष्टधाeightfold
अष्टधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअष्टधा

अजुन उवाच

P
prakṛti (Nature)
B
bhūmi (earth)
Ā
āpaḥ (water)
A
anala (fire)
V
vāyu (wind)
K
kha (space/ether)
M
manas (mind)
B
buddhi (intellect)
A
ahaṅkāra (ego-sense)

Educational Q&A

The verse defines the Lord’s lower (material) nature as eightfold—five gross elements plus mind, intellect, and ego-sense—so the seeker can distinguish the field of material experience from the higher spiritual principle and cultivate right understanding that supports dharmic action.

In the Gītā’s teaching dialogue on the battlefield, the Lord instructs Arjuna by analyzing reality: He enumerates the constituents of material nature to clarify what binds embodied beings and to prepare Arjuna for a deeper grasp of the higher nature and devotion-based knowledge.