Sanskrit Verse
Shrotram cakshuh sparshanam ca rasanam ghranam eva ca, adhisthaya manash cayam vishayan upasevate
Translation & Meaning
The living entity, taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, eye, tongue, nose, and sense of touch, which are grouped around the mind. In this way the soul enjoys a particular set of sense objects. This verse explains how the conditioned soul engages with the material world through a specific set of sensory instruments shaped by its karmic conditioning.
Key Teachings
- •The living entity experiences the world through senses grouped around the mind
- •Each embodiment provides a specific set of sensory instruments for experience
- •Sensory enjoyment is the mode of conditioned existence in the material world
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