Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 64
Sāṅkhya: Categories of the Absolute Truth and the Unfolding of Creation
Tattva-vicāra
अक्षिणी चक्षुषादित्यो नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् । श्रोत्रेण कर्णौ च दिशो नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ॥ ६४ ॥
akṣiṇī cakṣuṣādityo nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ śrotreṇa karṇau ca diśo nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
El dios del sol entró en Sus ojos con el sentido de la vista, pero el Virāṭ‑Puruṣa no se levantó. Del mismo modo, las deidades que presiden las direcciones entraron por Sus oídos con el sentido del oído, pero Él tampoco se levantó.
FAQs
This verse explains that the senses become functional when their presiding deities empower them—sight through Āditya (the sun) entering the eyes, and hearing through the deities of the directions entering the ears.
Lord Kapila speaks this Sāṅkhya teaching to His mother, Devahūti, describing how the universal form becomes active as divine powers enter the bodily organs.
It encourages reverence and discipline of the senses—using sight and hearing as sacred gateways by engaging them in darśana, śāstra-śravaṇa (hearing scripture), and mindful perception rather than distraction.