ो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।

kham mano buddhir eva ca

ahankara itiyam me

bhinna prakrtir astadha

bhūmiḥ—earth; āpaḥ—water; analaḥ—fire; vāyuḥ—air; kham—ether; manaḥ—mind; buddhiḥ—intelligence; eva—certainly; ca—and; ahaṅkāraḥ—false ego; iti—thus; iyam—all these; me—My; bhinnā—separated; prakṛtiḥ—energies; aṣṭadhā—total eight.

Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego-altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies.

prakrtim viddhi me param

jiva-bhutam maha-baho

yayedam dharyate jagat

aparā—inferior; iyam—this; itaḥ—besides this; tu—but; anyām—another; prakṛtim—energy; viddhi—just try to understand; me—My; parām—superior; jīva-bhūtām—the living entities; mahā-bāho—O mighty-armed one; yayā—by whom; idam—this; dhāryate—being utilized or exploited; jagat—the material world.

Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which are all living entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe.

sarvanity upadharaya

aham krtsnasya jagatah

prabhavah pralayas tatha

etat—these two natures; yonīni—source of birth; bhūtāni—everything created; sarvāṇi—all; iti—thus; upadhāraya—know; aham—I; kṛtsnasya—all-inclusive; jagataḥ—of the world; prabhavaḥ—source of manifestation; pralayaḥ—annihilation; tathā—as well as.

Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its ori