शब्द: स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चेत्यर्थजातय: । गत्युक्त्युत्सर्गशिल्पानि कर्मायतनसिद्धय: ॥ १६ ॥
śabdaḥ sparśo raso gandho rūpaṁ cety artha-jātayaḥ gaty-ukty-utsarga-śilpāni karmāyatana-siddhayaḥ
- śabdaḥ
- sound
- sparśaḥ
- touch
- rasaḥ
- taste
- gandhaḥ
- fragrance
- rūpam
- form
- ca
- and
- iti
- thus
- artha
- of sense objects
- jātayaḥ
- the categories
- gati
- movement
- ukti
- speech
- utsarga
- excretion (by both the genitals and anus)
- śilpāni
- and manufacture
- karma-āyatana
- by the above-mentioned working senses
- siddhayaḥ
- accomplished
Sound, touch, taste, smell and form are the objects of the knowledge-acquiring senses, and movement, speech, excretion and manufacture are functions of the working senses.