Chapter 13 verse 6
“The field of activities is composed of the five great elements, the ego, the intellect, the unmanifest primordial matter, the eleven senses (five knowledge senses, five working senses, and mind), and the five objects of the senses.”
The field of activity has 24 elements divided into 5 sheaths (kosha) covering the soul:
Annamaya Kosha: It is the gross sheath consisting of 5 gross elements-earth, water, air, fire and space
Prāṇamaya kośha:. It is the life air (prana) sheath, consisting of the five life air (prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, samāna, and udāna).
Manomaya kośha: It is the mental sheath, consisting of the mind and the five working senses (voice, hands, legs, genitals, and anus).
Vijñānamaya kośha:. It is the intellectual sheath, consisting of the intellect and the five knowledge senses (ears, eyes, tongue, skin, and nose).
Ānandmaya kośha: It is the bliss sheath, which consists of the ego that makes us identify with the tiny bliss of the body-mind-intellect mechanism.
24th element is prakṛiti (the primordial form of the unmanifested material energy)
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