Shloka 10

Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

Devanagari script

श्रवर्णं स्पर्शनं जिह्दा दृष्टिनासा तथैव च । इन्द्रियाणीति पज्चैते चित्तपूर्व गता गुणा:,श्रवण, त्वचा, जिह्ठा, नेत्र और नासिका--ये पाँच ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ हैं। शब्द आदि गुण चित्तसे संयुक्त होकर इन इन्द्रियोंके विषय होते हैं

Transliteration

śravaṇaṁ sparśanaṁ jihvā dṛṣṭi-nāsā tathaiva ca | indriyāṇīti pañcaite citta-pūrva-gatā guṇāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Hearing, touch, the tongue, sight, and the nose—these are the five sense-faculties. The qualities such as sound and the rest, first taken up by the mind, become the objects experienced through these senses—showing that sense-experience is shaped by the mind’s prior engagement and direction.”

Word by Word

श्रवणम्hearing (ear; sense of hearing)

स्पर्शनम्touch (skin; sense of touch)

जिह्वाtongue

दृष्टिःsight (vision)

नासाnose (smell-organ)

तथाthus; likewise

एवindeed; just; only

चand

इन्द्रियाणिsense-organs

इतिthus; so (quotative)

पञ्चfive

एतेthese

चित्तपूर्वगताḥpreceded by the mind; going before the mind

गुणाःqualities (sense-objects such as sound etc.)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

citta (mind)

indriyāṇi (five senses)

guṇāḥ (sense-qualities/objects)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes