Bhagavad Gita 15.7
The individual soul is an eternal fragment of the Lord that draws the senses and mind around itself.
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।
मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति॥
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati
Translation
An eternal fragment of me becomes the individual soul in the world of the living. It draws to itself the five senses and the mind as the sixth, which rest in nature.
Hindi
मेरा ही सनातन अंश जीवलोक में जीव बनता है। वह प्रकृति में स्थित पाँच इंद्रियों और छठे मन को अपनी ओर खींचता है।
Commentary
Here the individual soul is called an eternal part of the Lord, which is why the verse matters to every school. Ramanuja stresses the real relation of part and whole, while Shankara reads the "part" as a way of speaking about one undivided Self. Either way, the jiva gathers mind and senses around itself, and 15.8 shows it carrying them from body to body.
