Chapter 13 Shlokas 5, 6

महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।

इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पंच चेन्द्रियगोचरा:।।५।।

इच्छा द्वेष: सुखं दु:खं संघातश्चेतना धृति:।

एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम् ।।६।।

The five elements, the ego, the intellect, the unmanifest (the threefold energy of the gunas), the ten faculties of perception and action, the mind, the objects of the five sense organs, desire, hatred, joy, sorrow, the senses and the body constituted of the five elements, consciousness and dhriti;briefly, all these can be said to constitute the kshetra along with its modifications.

Chapter 13 Shlokas 5, 6

महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।

इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पंच चेन्द्रियगोचरा:।।५।।

इच्छा द्वेष: सुखं दु:खं संघातश्चेतना धृति:।

एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम् ।।६।।

The Lord says:

The five elements, the ego, the intellect, the unmanifest (the threefold energy of the gunas), the ten faculties of perception and action, the mind, the objects of the five sense organs, desire, hatred, joy, sorrow, the senses and the body constituted of the five elements, consciousness and dhriti;briefly, all these can be said to constitute the kshetra along with its modifications.

Bhagwan has elucidated the entire sphere of the kshetra.

a) The five elements, i.e. earth, water, fire, wind and ether;

b) The intellect i.e. the power of discernment;

c) The ego that prides itself on the attributes of the body;

d) The threefold power of Prakriti which creates all and imbues this entirety with attributes.

e) The ten sense organs i.e. five organs of perception – the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, sense of touch, and the five organs of action – the hands, feet, excretory faculty, generative organ, and the organ of speech.

f) The mind, i.e. the conglomeration of tendencies, the abode of positive and negative resolve, the instigator of likes and dislikes, and the repository of attachment giving rise to both enmity and friendship; the mind, which fills the sap of desire in the sense faculties; the mind which makes an individual a sage or a scoundrel: the individual is what his mind is.

g) The five objects of the senses; i.e. speech, touch, form, taste and smell.

h) Desire, hatred, happiness and sorrow, aversion and attachment – all of which are the source of varied attributes in the individual as a result of the attraction and the repulsion they generate.

i)  Dhriti connotes internal equipoise. It eradicates internal turmoil and generates stability. It lends support and establishes the one in whom it inheres. It is dhriti, this firmness of mind, which holds an individual internally and smoothens out the clashes between varied elements. It lends endurance to withstand sorrow. It becomes an inner courage that constantly aids the individual.

j)  Chetana or consciousness; without consciousness nothing is attainable. The power of consciousness fills the breath of life into the mortal frame.

1. This consciousness is the witness.

2. One can call it the reflection of the Supreme in man.

3. One may call it a speck of the Supreme Consciousness.

4. It is the power of the Supreme Witness.

5. It is the mainstay of the life breath in the individual.

6. One may call it the power of awakening in every fragment of a being.

Remember, the consciousness spoken of here is a mere awareness – a constituent of the Supreme Truth.

The Lord has described the entire kshetra. All this is inert, destructible and constituted of the three basic qualities.