śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇam eva ca
adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaṃ viṣayān upasevate
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ayam [
īśvaraḥ]
(that lord) śrotram (ear) cakṣuḥ (eye) sparśanam ca (and touch) rasanam (and taste) ghrāṇam eva ca (and indeed smell) manaḥ ca (and the mind) adhiṣṭhāya (after presiding)
viṣayān (objects) upasevate (he visits).
| śrotram |
– |
śrotra 2n.1 n. – ear, hearing (from: √śru – to hear, to listen); |
| cakṣuḥ |
– |
cakṣuḥ 2n.1 n. – sight, look, eye (from: √cakṣ – to see, to look at); |
| sparśanam |
– |
sparśana 2n.1 n. – touch, the sense of touch (from: √spṛś – to touch); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| rasanam |
– |
rasana 2n.1 n. – taste, tongue (from: √ras – to taste, to relish, to love); |
| ghrāṇam |
– |
ghrāṇa 2n.1 n. – smell, nose (from: √ghā – to smell); |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| adhiṣṭhāya |
– |
adhi-√sthā (to stand upon, to superintend) absol. – after presiding; |
| manaḥ |
– |
manas 1n.1 n. – the mind (from: √man – to think); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| ayam |
– |
idam sn. 1n.1 m. – he; |
| viṣayān |
– |
viṣaya 2n.3 m. – spheres, territories, scopes, sense objects, subjects (from: √viṣ – to be active, to perform); |
| upasevate |
– |
upa-√sev (to visit, to serve) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – he visits, he serves; |
śrotraṁ and
cakṣuḥ interchange the position;
sparśanaṁ ca → sparśanaś ca (and touch);
rasanaṁ → rasanāṁ (sense of taste);
manaś cāyaṁ → manaś caiva / manaś cainyaṁ (and indeed the mind / and that mind);
kāni punas tāni—
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca tvag-indriyaṃ rasanaṃ ghrāṇam eva ca manaś ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ pratyekam indriyeṇa saha, adhiṣṭhāya deha-stho viṣayān śabdādīn upasevate
kāni punas tānīndriyāṇīty atrāha
etāni manaṣṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi adhiṣṭhāya svasvaviṣayavṛttyanuguṇāni kṛtvā, tān śabdādīn viṣayān upasevate upabhuṅkte
tāny evendriyāṇi darśayan yad arthaṃ gṛhītvā gacchati tad āha śrotram iti | śrotrādīni bāhyendriyāṇi manaś cāntaḥkaraṇaṃ, tāny adhiṣṭāyāśritya śabdādīn viṣayān ayaṃ jīva upabhuṅkte
tāny evendriyāṇi darśayan yad arthaṃ gṛhītvā gacchati tad āha śrotram iti | śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇam eva ca | ca-kārāt karmendriyāṇi prāṇaṃ ca manaś ca ṣaṣṭham adhiṣṭhāyaivāśrityaiva viṣayān śabdādīn ayaṃ jīva upasevate bhuṅkte
tatra gatvā kiṃ karotīty ata āha śrotram iti | śrotrādīnīndriyāṇi manaś cādhiṣṭhāyāśritya viṣayān śabdādīn upabhuṅkte
tāni gṛhītvā kim arthaṃ yāti | tatrāha śrotram iti | śrotrādīni samanaskāny adhiṣṭhāyāśrityāyaṃ jīvo viṣayān śabdādīn upabhuṅkte | tad arthaṃ tad-grahaṇam ity arthaḥ | ca-śabdāt karmendriyāṇi ca pañca prāṇāṃś cādhiṣṭhāye ty avagamyam
