A fragment of my very self, becoming an eternal living soul in the world of the living, draws to itself the senses, of which the mind is the sixth, resting in Prakriti.
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः | मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ||१५-७||