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13.6 The field, itemised Krishna speaks

महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः

mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha
indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ

The great elements, the sense of self, the understanding, the unmanifest, the ten senses and the one, and the five fields of the senses;

Explanation

The field, itemised — and the list is longer than a body.

  • the great elements, the unmanifest
  • the sense of self, the understanding
  • the ten senses, and the one — the mind
  • the five fields of the senses

Mind and intellect are inside the field, as they were in 7.4. What knows the field is not any of your faculties.

Word by word

mahā-bhūtāni
the (five) great elements
ahankāraḥ
the ego
buddhiḥ
the intellect
avyaktam
the unmanifested primordial matter
eva
indeed
cha
and
indriyāṇi
the senses
daśha-ekam
eleven
cha
and
pañcha
five
cha
and
indriya-go-charāḥ
the (five) objects of the senses