घ्राणेन गन्धं रसनेन वै रसं रूपं च दृष्टया श्वसनं त्वचैव । श्रोत्रेण चोपेत्य नभोगुणत्वं प्राणेन चाकूतिमुपैति योगी ॥ २९ ॥
ghranena gandham rasanena vai rasam rupam ca drstya svasanam tvacaiva srotrena copetya nabho-gunatvam pranena cakutim upaiti yogi
- ghranena
- by smelling
- gandham
- aroma
- rasanena
- by taste
- vai
- exactly
- rasam
- palate
- rupam
- forms
- ca
- also
- drstya
- by vision
- svasanam
- contact
- tvaca
- touch
- eva
- as it were
- srotrena
- by vibration of the ear
- ca
- also
- upetya
- by achieving
- nabhah-gunatvam
- identification of ether
- pranena
- by sense organs
- ca
- also
- akutim
- material activities
- upaiti
- attains
- yogi
- the devotee.
The devotee thus surpasses the subtle objects of different senses like aroma by smelling, the palate by tasting, vision by seeing forms, touch by contacting, the vibrations of the ear by ethereal identification, and the sense organs by material activities.