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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 15.7
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूत: सनातन: ।
मन:षष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥ ७ ॥
mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke
jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi
prakṛti-sthāni karṣati
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
In the story
Chapter 15, The Yoga of the Supreme Person: the jīva as krishna’s eternal fragmental part.
Study note
Krishna links eternal identity and material struggle.
Interpretive
Belonging
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Individual soul
Living beings are Krishna’s eternal fragmental parts.
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Where am I seeking identity without remembering my eternal relationship with Krishna?
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