बोध्यमानस्य ऋषिभिरात्मनस्तज्जिघृक्षत: । कर्णौ च निरभिद्येतां दिश: श्रोत्रं गुणग्रह: ॥ २२ ॥
bodhyamanasya rsibhir atmanas taj jighrksatah karnau ca nirabhidyetam disah srotram guna-grahah
- bodhyamanasya
- desiring to understand
- rsibhih
- by the authorities
- atmanah
- of the Supreme Being
- tat
- that
- jighrksatah
- when He desired to take up
- karnau
- the ears
- ca
- also
- nirabhidyetam
- became manifested
- disah
- the direction or the god of air
- srotram
- the power of hearing
- guna-grahah
- and the objects of hearing.
By development of the desire of the great sages to know, the ears, the power of hearing, the controlling deity of hearing, and the objects of hearing became manifested. The great sages desired to hear about the Self.