eva–Certainly; jīva-bhūtaḥ–the spirit soul living being is; mama–My; sanātanaḥ–eternal; aṁśaḥ–particle, potency. jīva-loke–In this world; karṣati–it attracts, adopts; prakṛti-sthāni–the mundane; manaḥ ṣaṣṭhāni indriyāṇi–six perceptual senses including the mind. [7]

The soul is a particle (potency) of Mine. Although it is eternal, for worldly existence it adopts the five mundane senses and the mind, which is the sixth.