Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 15: The Supreme Person
Bhagavad Gita 15.7
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।
मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ | manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati ||
An eternal fragment of myself, having become a living soul in the world of the living, draws to itself the five senses and the mind as the sixth, which rest in nature.
Modern context
'An eternal fragment of myself.' Every living soul is described as a part of the divine. This is a remarkable statement about human dignity. No person is merely a product of chance or a cog in a machine. Each carries something eternal and divine within. And this fragment gathers the senses and mind around it to experience the world.