Verse 2.271

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

कोशैश्चतुर्भिः संव्याप्तो यथैवान्नमयः पुरा ।
जानीयादुत्तरानेवं त्रिद्व्येकार्थसमन्वयान् ॥ २७१ ॥

kośaiścaturbhiḥ saṃvyāpto yathaivānnamayaḥ purā |
jānīyāduttarānevaṃ tridvyekārthasamanvayān || 271 ||

English translation of verse 2.271:

Just as the sheath of food, as explained earlier, is pervaded by the four sheaths, so also the subsequent sheaths must be known as being pervaded by three (sheaths), two (sheaths), and one (sheath) respectively.

Notes:

The human body consists of five sheaths—annamaya-kośa, prāṇamaya-kośa, manomaya-kośa, vijñānamaya-kośa, and ānandamaya-kośa. Starting from the annamaya-kośa, which is the outermost sheath, these sheaths are arranged one inside the other. The prāṇamaya-kośa is inward to the annamaya-kośa; the manomaya-kośa is inward to the prāṇamaya-kośa, and so on. Further, the sheath which is inward is the cause of that which is outward. That is to say, the outward sheath is pervaded by what is inside it which is its cause. For example, the sheath of food (annamaya-kośa) is permeated by the four sheaths of vital force, consciousness, self-consciousness, and bliss. The sheath of vital force (prāṇamaya-kośa) is pervaded by the sheaths of consciousness, self-consciousness, and bliss. The sheath of consciousness (manomaya-kośa) is pervaded by the sheaths of self-consciousness and bliss. Finally, the sheath of self-consciousness (vijñānamaya-kośa) is pervaded by the sheath of bliss. It will be shown in the sequel that the non-dual Self is the support of the sheath of bliss.