Shloka 47
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
त्वक् चक्षुर् नासिका जिह्वा श्रोत्रम् अत्र च पञ्चमम् शब्दादीनाम् अवाप्त्यर्थं बुद्धियुक्तानि वै द्विज
tvak cakṣur nāsikā jihvā śrotram atra ca pañcamam śabdādīnām avāptyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni vai dvija
Haut, Auge, Nase, Zunge—und hier als fünftes das Ohr: o Zweimalgeborener, dies sind die Werkzeuge des Erkennens. Vom Intellekt (buddhi) geleitet, wurden sie geschaffen, um Klang und die übrigen Sinnesobjekte zu erfassen.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya in the Vishnu Purana’s creation discourse)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Enumeration of the five jñānendriyas and their purpose in apprehending sense-objects
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: didactic
Creation Stage: Primary
Concept: The five cognitive senses, guided by buddhi, apprehend sound and other objects, enabling ordered embodied experience.
Vedantic Theme: Atman
Application: Practice pratyāhāra and mindful perception—observe how buddhi interprets sensory input before reacting.
Vishishtadvaita: Embodied cognition is a divinely ordered instrumentality; the self (jīva) knows through faculties that are dependent modes within the Lord’s cosmic body.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
FAQs
This verse presents the five cognitive senses—touch, sight, smell, taste, and hearing—as purposeful instruments through which embodied beings apprehend sense-objects like sound, enabling life to function within the created order.
Parāśara states that the senses are “buddhi-yukta”—operating with the governance of intellect—implying perception is not merely mechanical but coordinated by an inner discerning faculty.
Though not named in this line, the verse belongs to the creation-account where ordered faculties arise within a cosmos ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the supreme sustaining reality, making perception part of a divinely structured universe.