बृहद्बलं मनो विद्यादुभयेन्द्रियनायकम् । पञ्चाला: पञ्च विषया यन्मध्ये नवखं पुरम् ॥ ७ ॥
brhad-balam mano vidyad ubhayendriya-nayakam pancalah panca visaya yan-madhye nava-kham puram
- brhat-balam
- very powerful
- manah
- the mind
- vidyat
- one should know
- ubhaya-indriya
- of both groups of senses
- nayakam
- the leader
- pancalah
- the kingdom named Pancala
- panca
- five
- visayah
- sense objects
- yat
- of which
- madhye
- in the midst
- nava-kham
- having nine apertures
- puram
- the city.
The eleventh attendant, who is the commander of the others, is known as the mind. He is the leader of the senses both in the acquisition of knowledge and in the performance of work. The Pancala kingdom is that atmosphere in which the five sense objects are enjoyed. Within that Pancala kingdom is the city of the body, which has nine gates.