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Bhagavad Gita · 15.9 · The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality·9 of 20

श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव चअधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते

śhrotraṁ chakṣhuḥ sparśhanaṁ cha rasanaṁ ghrāṇam

eva cha adhiṣhṭhāya manaśh chāyaṁ viṣhayān upasevate

Sanskrit recitation

A spark of the divine in you · 15.7–15.11 · Teaching

Translation

Presiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and mind, it enjoys the objects of the senses.

Meaning

Here is a description of how the subtle body remaining in the gross body enjoys the objects of the senses.The individual soul uses the mind along with each sense separately and enjoys or experiences the objects of the senses such as sound, touch, colour (form), taste and smell.It sits on the marvellous car of its mind, passes through the gateway of the ear in the twinkling of an eye and enjoys the various kinds of music of this world. It holds the reins of the nerves of sensation, enters the domain of touch through the portal of the skin and enjoys the diverse kinds of soft objects. It roams about in the hills of beautiful forms and enjoys them through the windows of his eyes. It enters the cave of taste by the avenue of the tongue and enjoyes dainties, palatable dishes and refreshing beverages. It enters the forest of scents through the door of the nose and enjoys them to its hearts content.It makes its abode in the ears, the eyes, the skin, the tongue and the nose, as also in the mind and enjoys the objects of the senses. It gains experiences of the outer world through the mind,,intellect, subconscious mind, egoism, the ten senses and the five vital airs.Ghranameva cha The word cha (and) indicates that we shall have to include the five organs of action, and also the fourfold inner instrument (mind, intellect, subconscious mind and egoism)

After Swami Sivananda

A spark of the divine in you· 15.7–15.11

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
cha
also
eva
also
ayam
they
manaḥ
mind
rasanam
tongue
upasevate
savors
śhrotram
ears
ghrāṇam
nose
sparśhanam
the sense of touch
viṣhayān
sense objects
chakṣhuḥ
eyes
adhiṣhṭhāya
grouped around

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