Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, egoism — these are My eight-fold PRAKRITI.

bhūmiḥ = earth; āpaḥ = water; analaḥ = fire; vāyuḥ = air; khaṃ = ether; manaḥ = mind; buddhiḥ = intelligence; eva = certainly; ca = and; ahaṅkāraḥ = false ego; iti = thus; iyaṃ = all these; me = My; bhinnā = separated; prakṛtiḥ = energies; aṣṭadhā = eightfold.;