Shloka 20
Brāhmaṇa-māhātmya: Tārkṣya’s instruction on tapas, satya, and svadharma
Chapter 182
मनसा तात पर्येति क्रमशो विषयानिमान् | विषयायतनस्थो हि भूतात्मा क्षेत्रमास्थित:,तात! पाँचों विषयोंके आधारभूत पंचभूतोंसे बने हुए शरीरमें स्थित जीवात्मा इस शरीरमें स्थित हुआ ही मनके द्वारा क्रमशः इन पाँचों विषयोंका उपभोग करता है
manasā tāta paryeti kramaśo viṣayān imān | viṣayāyatana-stho hi bhūtātmā kṣetram āsthitaḥ ||
सर्प म्हणाला—तात! पंचभूतांनी बनलेल्या या देह-क्षेत्रात स्थित जीवात्मा मनाच्या साहाय्याने क्रमाने या विषयांत प्रवृत्त होऊन त्यांचा अनुभव घेतो.
सर्प उवाच
Educational Q&A
The self, while dwelling in the body as a ‘field’ of experience, engages sense-objects sequentially through the mind; therefore discipline of the mind is central to ethical restraint and freedom from attachment.
A serpent is instructing a listener (addressed as ‘tāta’) in a reflective, philosophical mode, explaining how embodied experience occurs through the mind’s movement among the sense-objects.