Shloka 75
Multi-form Manifestations, Indra–Kāma Incarnations, Pravāha, and the Twofold Buddhi
Sense-Discipline and Exclusive Refuge in Viṣṇu
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच / द्वयं चाहुस्त्विन्द्रिये द्वे बलिष्ठे देहे ह्यस्मिञ् श्रोत्रनेत्रे सुसृष्टे / अवान्तरे श्रोत्रनेत्रे खगेन्द्र द्वयं चाहुस्तत्स्वरूपं च वक्ष्ये
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / dvayaṃ cāhustvindriye dve baliṣṭhe dehe hyasmiñ śrotranetre susṛṣṭe / avāntare śrotranetre khagendra dvayaṃ cāhustatsvarūpaṃ ca vakṣye
Dijo Śrī Kṛṣṇa: En este cuerpo se habla de dos poderes sensoriales como los más fuertes: el oír y el ver, bien formados como el oído y el ojo. Oh Khagendra, rey de las aves, dentro de estos dos se menciona aún otra dualidad; también describiré su verdadera naturaleza.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (as narrator/teacher in dialogue addressed to Garuḍa)
Concept: The two strongest indriyas—hearing and sight—dominate embodied experience; within them lies a further duality whose true nature must be understood.
Vedantic Theme: Indriya-vyāpāra and the need for viveka between perception and reality; the move from gross (ear/eye) to subtle (their inner duality) mirrors adhyāropa-apavāda pedagogy.
Application: Audit what you consume through ears and eyes; practice selective input (śravaṇa-niyama, dṛṣṭi-niyama) and reflect on how perception shapes desire and identity.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.28.72-74 (twofold discipline; inquiry into the ‘two’)
FAQs
This verse highlights hearing (śrotra) and sight (netra) as the most powerful sense faculties, implying they strongly shape perception, knowledge, and the inner orientation of a being.
By pointing to an “inner duality” within hearing and sight, the verse signals a subtler analysis of how perception operates beyond the gross organs—an approach consistent with Garuda Purana discussions of subtle functioning relevant to embodied and post-death experience.
Guard what you repeatedly hear and see—cultivate uplifting inputs (śravaṇa, darśana) and reduce harmful impressions—since these powerful gateways condition the mind and character.