An eternal portion of Myself, having become a living soul in the world of life, and abiding in PRAKRITI, draws (to itself) the (five) senses, with mind for the sixth.

mama = My; eva = certainly; aṃśaḥ = fragmental particle; jīvaloke = in the world of conditional life; jīvabhūtaḥ = the conditioned living entity; sanātanaḥ = eternal; manaḥ = with the mind; ṣaṣṭhāṇi = the six; indriyāṇi = senses; prakṛti = in material nature; sthāni = situated; karṣati = is struggling hard.;