भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
।।7.4।। पृथ्वी जल अग्नि वायु और आकाश तथा मन बुद्धि और अहंकार यह आठ प्रकार से विभक्त हुई मेरी प्रकृति है।।
The eight categories of Lord Krishnas include the five elements and the mind concluding with the mahat denoting intellect and ahankara denoting false ego. The ahankara of the living entities is different from the ego sense of the incarnation Ksiradaksayi Vishnu who while meditating upon Himself in the casual ocean merely thinks I Am and universal creation begins to manifest as unlimited universes from the pores of His spiritual body.
