Shloka 41
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी शब्दादीनामवाप्त्यर्थं बुद्धियुक्तानि तानि वै
Transliteration
śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī śabdādīnāmavāptyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni tāni vai
Translation
कान, त्वचा, दोनों नेत्र, जिह्वा और पाँचवीं नासिका—ये पाँच ज्ञानेन्द्रियाँ हैं। बुद्धि के अधीन होकर ये शब्द आदि विषयों का ग्रहण कराने हेतु नियत हैं।
Word by Word
śrotramear (faculty of hearing)
śrotram:
tvakskin (faculty of touch)
tvak:
cakṣuṣīthe two eyes (faculty of sight)
cakṣuṣī:
jihvātongue (faculty of taste/speech-organ)
jihvā:
nāsikānose (faculty of smell)
nāsikā:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
pañcamīthe fifth
pañcamī:
śabda-ādīnāmof sound and the rest (touch, form, taste, smell)
śabda-ādīnām:
avāpti-arthamfor the purpose of obtaining/apprehending
avāpti-artham:
buddhi-yuktānijoined with/regulated by buddhi (intellect)
buddhi-yuktāni:
tānithose (faculties)
tāni:
vaitruly/indeed.
vai:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmological teaching within the Linga Purana discourse)