प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि ।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ॥
pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api |indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan ||
- प्रलपन् · pralapan
- speaking
- विसृजन् · visṛjan
- releasing, excreting
- गृह्णन् · gṛhṇan
- grasping
- उन्मिषन् · unmiṣan
- opening the eyes
- निमिषन् · nimiṣan
- closing the eyes
- इन्द्रियाणि · indriyāṇi
- the senses
- इन्द्रियार्थेषु · indriyārtheṣu
- among sense objects
- वर्तन्ते · vartante
- move, function
“While talking, releasing, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, he holds the conviction that the senses merely move among sense objects.”
— Original plain-language translation
This completes the list from 5.8 with subtler acts like speech and blinking. Nothing is excluded from the witness-view. The practice is constant remembrance: senses act, the self simply observes.
— Reader's notes (original)