Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingमहाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः
mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha
indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaThe great elements, egoism, intellect, and the Unmanifest itself; the ten organs and the one, and the five objects of the senses;
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
पंच महाभूत, अहंकार, बुद्धि, अव्यक्त (प्रकृति), दस इन्द्रियाँ, एक मन, इन्द्रियों के पाँच विषय।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiमहा भूता न्यहङ् कारः
बुद् धिरव् यक्त मेवच
इन्द्रि याणि दशैकञ् च
पञ्च चेन् द्रिय गोचराः
॥ ५ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthamahā-bhūtānithe (five) great elements
ahankāraḥthe ego
buddhiḥthe intellect
avyaktamthe unmanifested primordial matter
evaindeed
chaand
indriyāṇithe senses
daśha-ekameleven
chaand
pañchafive
chaand
indriya-go-charāḥthe (five) objects of the senses
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA13.5What makes up the field — elements, ego, intellect, organs and all?
The great elements, egoism, intellect, and the Unmanifest itself; the ten organs and the one, and the five objects of the senses;
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.