मनो बुद्धिरहङ्कारश्चित्तमित्यन्तरात्मकम् । चतुर्धा लक्ष्यते भेदो वृत्त्या लक्षणरूपया ॥ १४ ॥
mano buddhir ahankaras cittam ity antar-atmakam caturdha laksyate bhedo vrttya laksana-rupaya
- manah
- the mind
- buddhih
- intelligence
- ahankarah
- ego
- cittam
- consciousness
- iti
- thus
- antah-atmakam
- the internal, subtle senses
- catuh-dha
- having four aspects
- laksyate
- is observed
- bhedah
- the distinction
- vrttya
- by their functions
- laksana-rupaya
- representing different characteristics.
The internal, subtle senses are experienced as having four aspects, in the shape of mind, intelligence, ego and contaminated consciousness. Distinctions between them can be made only by different functions, since they represent different characteristics.