Chapter 15, Verse 9
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च। अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca. adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate..15.9..
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- श्रोत्रम्
- the ear (hearing)
- चक्षुः
- the eye (sight)
- स्पर्शनम्
- the sense of touch
- च
- and
- रसनम्
- the sense of taste
- घ्राणम्
- the sense of smell
- एव
- indeed
- च
- and
- अधिष्ठाय
- having taken control of / presiding over
- मनः
- the mind
- च
- and
- अयम्
- this (embodied soul)
- विषयान्
- the sense objects
- उपसेवते
- enjoys / partakes of
Commentary
9. The ear, the eye and the touch, the taste and the smell, using these and the manas, he enjoys the sense-objects,
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्रोत्रम्
चक्षुः
स्पर्शनम्
च
रसनम्
घ्राणम्
एव
च
अधिष्ठाय
मनः
च
अयम्
विषयान्
उपसेवते
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