तत्रापि स्पर्शवेदिभ्य: प्रवरा रसवेदिन: । तेभ्यो गन्धविद: श्रेष्ठास्तत: शब्दविदो वरा: ॥ २९ ॥
tatrapi sparsa-vedibhyah pravara rasa-vedinah tebhyo gandha-vidah sresthas tatah sabda-vido varah
- tatra
- among them
- api
- moreover
- sparsa-vedibhyah
- than those perceiving touch
- pravarah
- better
- rasa-vedinah
- those perceiving taste
- tebhyah
- than them
- gandha-vidah
- those perceiving smell
- sresthah
- better
- tatah
- than them
- sabda-vidah
- those perceiving sound
- varah
- better.
Among the living entities who have developed sense perception, those who have developed the sense of taste are better than those who have developed only the sense of touch. Better than them are those who have developed the sense of smell, and better still are those who have developed the sense of hearing.