पञ्चभि: कुरुते स्वार्थान् पञ्च वेदाथ पञ्चभि: । एकस्तु षोडशेन त्रीन् स्वयं सप्तदशोऽश्नुते ॥ ५० ॥
pancabhih kurute svarthan panca vedatha pancabhih ekas tu sodasena trin svayam saptadaso ’snute
- pancabhih
- with the five working senses (voice, arms, legs, anus and genitals)
- kurute
- performs
- sva-arthan
- his desired interests
- panca
- the five objects of the senses (sound, form, touch, aroma and taste)
- veda
- knows
- atha
- thus
- pancabhih
- by the five senses of perception (hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling)
- ekah
- the one
- tu
- but
- sodasena
- by these fifteen items and the mind
- trin
- the three categories of experience (happiness, distress and a mixture of both)
- svayam
- he, the living entity himself
- saptadasah
- the seventeenth item
- asnute
- enjoys
Above the five senses of perception, the five working senses and the five objects of the senses is the mind, which is the sixteenth element. Above the mind is the seventeenth element, the soul, the living being himself, who, in cooperation with the other sixteen, enjoys the material world alone. The living being enjoys three kinds of situations, namely happy, distressful and mixed.