Bhagavad Gita 15.7 · BG 15.7
Chapter 15Verse 7
Purushottama Yoga
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः। मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति॥
mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ, manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati
Translation
An eternal portion of myself, becoming a living being in this world, draws to itself the mind and the five senses.
Something eternal lives at the center of you, wearing the mind and senses like a garment.
What does this mean?
A description of the self as something eternal at the core, temporarily working through the mind and senses like tools it has taken up.
In simple words
Krishna describes the living self as an eternal piece of him that has taken up residence in the world, gathering the mind and the five senses around itself. The core is lasting. The mind and senses are equipment it's using for now.
The deeper idea
The verse draws a line between what you are at the core and the apparatus you operate through. The self is called an eternal portion, something continuous and not produced by the body. The mind and senses are things it draws to itself, tools it picks up, not what it fundamentally is. This matters because most confusion and suffering come from identifying completely with the equipment, taking every passing sensory pull or mental state as the whole of you.
How it applies to life
When a craving or a strong mood hits, it can feel like it's simply what you are in that moment, so you either obey it or fight it as yourself against yourself. This verse offers a small gap: the senses reporting a pull, the mind spinning a story, and something steadier that's using both and isn't identical to either. Noticing that gap, even briefly, is what makes it possible to not be jerked around by every signal.