[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.29.4 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.29.4 Mahābhārata 6.29.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.4) bhūmirāpo'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhireva ca | ahaṃkāra itīyaṃ me bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā || 4 || > Bhumi (earth), Ap (water), Anala (fire), Vâyu (air), Kha (ether), mind, intellect, and egoism: thus is My Prakriti divided eight-fold. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.3) - [Next: 6.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.5) - [Up: 6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.7.4) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.31.1.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.31.4) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.31.4) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.31.4) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.7.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.4) · Pramāṇa