You are Krishna’s eternal part.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः |मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ||१५-७||
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ . manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati ||15-7||
Use this verse for divine identity affirmation.
Meaning
An eternal fragment of Mine becomes the living being in this world and draws to itself the six senses, including the mind, situated in prakriti.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
The soul is Krishna’s eternal part, struggling with mind and senses in prakriti.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
This is one of the most identity-giving verses of Chapter 15. The living being is not worthless or random; it is an eternal part of Krishna. But in prakriti it becomes entangled with mind and senses.
Read the traditional commentary
Here Krishna reveals one of the Gita's most consoling truths about our identity. The individual soul, the jīva, is mamaivāṃśaḥ sanātanaḥ — an eternal fragment of the Divine Himself. We are not random products of matter but living sparks of God, woven into the world of life yet eternal in essence. This single line dissolves any sense of cosmic orphanhood: our deepest self is kin to the Supreme.
Yet in embodied existence, this divine spark identifies with prakṛti — material nature — and 'draws to itself' the five senses together with the mind as the sixth. Through these instruments the soul reaches out toward experience, becoming entangled in the very tree described earlier in the chapter.
Krishna is gently showing us both our glory and our predicament: eternally divine in nature, yet caught up in the play of mind and senses. Knowing the first truth is what eventually frees us from the second.
In daily life
Remember your divine origin when mind and senses pull you.
A person craving validation can remember: I am Krishna’s eternal part, not my likes or metrics.
Try this today
Repeat: I am an eternal part of Krishna before one temptation.
I am Krishna’s eternal part.Reflect
Where am I forgetting my divine identity?
Private — only you can see this
Quick check
What does ‘मम एव अंशः’ mean in this verse?
Krishna on identity, in other chapters
- Verse 2.19Your essential Self cannot be the perpetrator or the victim of any action — the soul is the eternal witness beyond cause and effect.
- Verse 13.2Your body and mind are the field you observe, not the 'you' that does the observing.
- Verse 14.5Your moods of clarity, drive, and dullness belong to Nature, not to the changeless Self you truly are.
- Verse 17.3You become what you truly revere — so choose carefully where you place your deepest faith.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 15.7
Who says Bhagavad Gita 15.7, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 15.7, in Chapter 15, Purushottama Yoga (Purushottama Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 15.7 mean?
An eternal fragment of Mine becomes the living being in this world and draws to itself the six senses, including the mind, situated in prakriti. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 15.7 for daily life?
Remember your divine origin when mind and senses pull you. A person craving validation can remember: I am Krishna’s eternal part, not my likes or metrics.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 15.7 mean?
मम एव अंशः — a portion of My very Self; जीवलोके — in the world of life; जीवभूतः — having become the living soul; सनातनः — eternal; मनःषष्ठानि इन्द्रियाणि — the senses with the mind as the sixth.
Where does verse 15.7 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 7 of 20 in Chapter 15, Purushottama Yoga. The next verse is 15.8.