Shloka 47
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
त्वक् चक्षुर् नासिका जिह्वा श्रोत्रम् अत्र च पञ्चमम् शब्दादीनाम् अवाप्त्यर्थं बुद्धियुक्तानि वै द्विज
tvak cakṣur nāsikā jihvā śrotram atra ca pañcamam śabdādīnām avāptyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni vai dvija
தோல், கண், மூக்கு, நாக்கு—இங்கே ஐந்தாவதாகக் காது: ஓ இருமுறை பிறந்தவனே, இவை அறிவின் கருவிகள். புத்தியின் துணையுடன் இணைந்து, ஒலி முதலிய பொருள்களைப் பெறுவதற்காக இவை அமைக்கப்பட்டன.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya in the Vishnu Purana’s creation discourse)
FAQs
This verse presents the five cognitive senses—touch, sight, smell, taste, and hearing—as purposeful instruments through which embodied beings apprehend sense-objects like sound, enabling life to function within the created order.
Parāśara states that the senses are “buddhi-yukta”—operating with the governance of intellect—implying perception is not merely mechanical but coordinated by an inner discerning faculty.
Though not named in this line, the verse belongs to the creation-account where ordered faculties arise within a cosmos ultimately grounded in Vishnu as the supreme sustaining reality, making perception part of a divinely structured universe.