इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः | मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ||३-४२||
indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ . manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ ||3-42||
- indriyāṇi
- senses
- parāṇi
- superior
- āhuḥ
- are said
- indriyebhyaḥ
- more than the senses
- param
- superior
- manaḥ
- the mind
- manasaḥ
- more than the mind
- tu
- also
- parā
- superior
- buddhiḥ
- intelligence
- yaḥ
- who
- buddheḥ
- more than the intelligence
- parataḥ
- superior
- tu
- but
- saḥ
- he
The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence.