श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च ।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇam eva ca |adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaṃ viṣayān upasevate ||
- श्रोत्रम् · śrotram
- hearing
- चक्षुः · cakṣuḥ
- sight
- स्पर्शनम् · sparśanam
- touch
- रसनम् · rasanam
- taste
- घ्राणम् · ghrāṇam
- smell
- अधिष्ठाय · adhiṣṭhāya
- presiding over, settled upon
- मनः · manaḥ
- the mind
- अयम् · ayam
- this (self)
- विषयान् · viṣayān
- sense-objects
- उपसेवते · upasevate
- enjoys, frequents
“Dwelling in hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell — and in the mind — this self pursues sense-objects.”
— Original plain-language translation
Experience is located: the self must mount each sense to meet its object. The list is the standard five plus mind as coordinator. Neither senses nor objects are condemned here — entanglement begins with the pursuing, not the perceiving.
— Reader's notes (original)