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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7, Verse 4 (7.4) means: Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego: this is how my nature is divided, in eight forms.
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva cha ahankāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛitir aṣhṭadhā
Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego: this is how my nature is divided, in eight forms.
पृथ्वी, जल, अग्नि, वायु, आकाश, मन, बुद्धि और अहंकार: इस तरह मेरी प्रकृति आठ रूपों में बँटी है।
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It is verse 4 of Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 30 verses in total.
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