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GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
६ महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।
इन्द्रियाण दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः॥५॥ इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं संघातश्चेतना धृतिः।
एतत् क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम् ॥६॥ explained where and by whom the subject-matter of the Body and the Ātman has been considered; He now explains what the Body (ksetra) is-]
(5) The (five gross) primordial elements (such as, the earth etc.), Individuality (ahamkāra), Reason (mahān), and the Imperceptible (Prakrti), as also the ten (subtle) senses and one (Mind); and the five (subtle) objects (such as, sound, touch, colour, taste and smell of the five senses, (6) Desire, Hate, Happiness, Unhappiness, samghāta' (that is, the group-Trans.), 'cetană', (that is, the visible activity of the Vital airs etc.), and 'dhrti' (that is, courage); this collection (of 31 elements ) is known as the organised (savikāra ) Body
This is a definition of the ksetra and of its vikāra-s. In Stanza 5 have been mentioned 24 out of the 25 elements of the Samkhyas except the Spirit (purusa). As the Mind is included in these 24 elements, it was not necessary to enumerate separately the qualities of the Mind, such as, Desire, Hate etc. These are the qualities of the Atman according to the Kānādas; and if this idea is accepted, a doubt arises as to whether or not these qualities are included in the kşetra. Therefore, in order to make the the definition of the word kşetra perfectly unambiguous, the pairs of Opposites such as, Desire, Hate etc., have been clearly included here in the definition of the kşetra itself; and these pairs include the other pairs such as, fear and fearlessness, etc., by implication. In order to show that the sařghāta or the collection', of all these, is not an agent, independent of the Body, it has been included in the definition of the Body itself. The word 'cetanā' is sometimes understood as Consciousness (caitanya); but in the present context, the word 'cetana' means only the 'activity of the Vital airs etc., to be seen in the Gross Body'; or 'the activity
