गन्धाकृतिस्पर्शरसश्रवांसि विसर्गरत्यर्त्यभिजल्पशिल्पा: । एकादशं स्वीकरणं ममेति शय्यामहं द्वादशमेक आहु: ॥ १० ॥
gandhakrti-sparsa-rasa-sravamsi visarga-raty-arty-abhijalpa-silpah ekadasam svikaranam mameti sayyam aham dvadasam eka ahuh
- gandha
- smell
- akrti
- form
- sparsa
- touch
- rasa
- taste
- sravamsi
- and sound
- visarga
- evacuating
- rati
- sexual intercourse
- arti
- movement
- abhijalpa
- speaking
- silpah
- grasping or releasing
- ekadasam
- eleventh
- svikaranam
- accepting as
- mama
- mine
- iti
- thus
- sayyam
- this body
- aham
- I
- dvadasam
- twelfth
- eke
- some
- ahuh
- have said.
Sound, touch, form, taste and smell are the objects of the five knowledge-acquiring senses. Speech, touch, movement, evacuation and sexual intercourse are the objects of the working senses. Besides this, there is another conception by which one thinks, This is my body, this is my society, this is my family, this is my nation and so forth. This eleventh function, that of the mind, is called the false ego. According to some philosophers, this is the twelfth function, and its field of activity is the body.