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GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
६६ भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥४॥ अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् । जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥५॥ एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय । अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥६॥ मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किचिदस्ति धनंजय।
मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥७॥ the Parameśvara. The Blessed Lord now starts the Consideration of the Mutable and the Immutable, being one of the two sub-divisions of this Knowledge of the Paramešvara, namely, (i) the Consideration of the Mutable and the Immutable and (ii) the Consideration of the Body
and the Ātman(4) The earth, water, fire, air, and ether (these five subtle elements), the Mind, the Reason, and Individuation, this is My Praksti divided into eight-divisions. (5) This Prakrti is
aparā' (that is, of an inferior order). O Mahābāho, Arjuna, know that there is besides this, yet another Praksti of Mine, in the form of Jīva, which is parā (that is superior), by which this world is maintained. (6) Bear in mind that from both these, all created beings are created. I am the 'prabhava' (that is, the origin ) and the pralaya' (that is, the end) of the entire Cosmos. (7) Beyond Me, O Dhananjaya, there is nothing else. Just as several beads are strung on a string, :So is all this strung on Me.
[These four stanzas contain a summary of the science of the Mutable and the Immutable; and the same has been dealt with in extenso in the subsequent stanzas. The Sāṁkhya system says that (i) there are two independent Elements of the universe, namely, (a) the acetana (inanimate) or jada (gross) Prakrti (Matter) and (b) the ' sacetana' (conscious) Purusa (Spirit); and that, (ii) everything is created out of these two Elements. But, as the Gītā does not admit this Duality, it looks upon Prakrti and Puruşa, as two manifestations (vibhūti) of one and the same
