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Sāṅkhya Kārikā / Verses 22–55, the world / 26
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि चक्षुःश्रोत्रघ्राणरसनत्वगाख्यानि वाक्पाणिपादपायूपस्थान् कर्मेन्द्रियाण्याहुः
buddhīndriyāṇi cakṣuḥśrotraghrāṇarasanatvagākhyāni vākpāṇipādapāyūpasthān karmendriyāṇy āhuḥ
The line
The senses of knowing are called eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin. Voice, hand, foot, anus, and the generative organ are called the senses of action.
नेपालीमा
जान्ने इन्द्रिय आँखा, कान, नाक, जिब्रो र छाला भनिन्छन्। वाणी, हात, खुट्टा, गुदा र जननेन्द्रिय कर्मेन्द्रिय भनिन्छन्।
Where it sits
Mind is not in this ten. Verse 27 puts mind with both rows. The eleven of verse 24 are these ten plus mind.
Split: buddhi-indriyāṇi (बुद्धि-इन्द्रियाणि) + cakṣus-śrotra-ghrāṇa-rasana-tvac-ākhyāni (चक्षुस्-श्रोत्र-घ्राण-रसन-त्वच्-आख्यानि) + vāc-pāṇi-pāda-pāyu-upasthān (वाच्-पाणि-पाद-पायु-उपस्थान्) + karma-indriyāṇi (कर्म-इन्द्रियाणि) + āhuḥ (आहुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| buddhi-indriyāṇi (बुद्धि-इन्द्रियाणि) | nominative plural, neuter | the senses of knowing. buddhi (बुद्धि) here is cognition, not the tattva. |
| cakṣus (चक्षु) | stem in the compound | eye. |
| śrotra (श्रोत्र) | stem | ear. |
| ghrāṇa (घ्राण) | stem | nose. |
| rasana (रसन) | stem | tongue. |
| tvac (त्वच्) | stem | skin. The last member before -ākhya (-आख्य), 'called.' |
| vāc (वाच्) | stem | speech, the voice. |
| pāṇi (पाणि) | stem | hand. |
| pāda (पाद) | stem | foot. |
| pāyu (पायु) | stem | the excretory organ. |
| upastha (उपस्थ) | stem | the generative organ. |
| karma-indriyāṇi (कर्म-इन्द्रियाणि) | nominative plural, neuter | the senses of action. |
| āhuḥ (आहुः) | present, third person plural | they say. The tradition's wording, not a fresh argument. |
The phrases
Ten senses, two rows of five. The knowing five match the five subtle elements: sight and color, hearing and sound, and the rest. The acting five are how a body does something back.
āhuḥ (आहुः) is one of the rare finite verbs. It marks the list as received.
Sanskrit in this line
A dvandva of the five names, and only the last member takes the ending -ākhyāni (-आख्यानि), 'having the names.' The same rule as a long compound in the Yoga Sūtra (सूत्र): the ending sits at the end.
Say it back
Ten names, two groups. Say the knowing five with the eyes closed.