Shloka 17
सप्तहोतृ-विधानम् एवं इन्द्रिय–मनःसंवादः
The Seven Hotṛs and the Debate of Senses and Mind
काष्ठानीवार्द्रशुष्काणि यतमानैरपीन्द्रियै: । गुणार्थान् नाधिगच्छन्ति मामृते सर्वजन्तव:
kāṣṭhānīva ārdraśuṣkāṇi yatamānair api indriyaiḥ | guṇārthān nādhigacchanti mām ṛte sarvajantavaḥ ||
ໃຈໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເຫມືອນທ່ອນໄມ້—ຈະປຽກຫຼືແຫ້ງ—ບໍ່ອາດ ‘ຮູ້ສຶກ’ ສິ່ງໃດໄດ້ດ້ວຍຕົນເອງ, ສັດທັງປວງກໍເຊັ່ນກັນ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ອິນທຣີຍະພາກພຽນພະຍາຍາມ ກໍບໍ່ອາດເຂົ້າເຖິງອາຣົມວັດຖຸ ແລະຄຸນລັກສະນະຂອງມັນໄດ້ ຫາກຂາດຂ້ອຍ. ໃຈເປັນຜູ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ການສຳຜັດທາງອິນທຣີຍະມີຄວາມໝາຍ; ບໍ່ມີມັນ ຄວາມພາກພຽນແລະອະວັຍະວະກໍຍັງເປັນເພີຍສິ່ງອັນເຉື່ອນໄຫວບໍ່ໄດ້».
मन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-organs alone do not produce experience; the mind is the indispensable mediator that apprehends sense-objects and their qualities. Without the mind’s participation, sensory effort is as inert as wet or dry wood.
The speaker ‘Mind’ is explaining its role within embodied life: even if the senses are active and striving, perception and enjoyment/knowledge of objects cannot occur without the mind, emphasizing inner causality over mere external faculties.