Shloka 4
Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation
हेतूनां साधन चैव शृणु सर्वमशेषत: । घ्राणं जिद्दा च चक्षुश्न त्वक् च श्रोत्रं च पठचमम् | मनो बुद्धिश्व सप्तैते विज्ञेया गुणहेतव:,इनके जो हेतु हैं, उन्हें युक्तियोंद्वारा सिद्ध किया जाता है। वह सब पूर्णरूपसे सुनो। प्राण (नासिका), जिद्ला, नेत्र, त्वचा, पाँचवाँ कान तथा मन और बुद्धि--ये सात कारणरूप हेतु गुणमय जानने चाहिये
hetūnāṃ sādhanaṃ caiva śṛṇu sarvam aśeṣataḥ | ghrāṇaṃ jihvā ca cakṣuś ca tvak ca śrotraṃ ca pañcamam | mano buddhiś ca saptaite vijñeyā guṇa-hetavaḥ ||
వాటి హేతువులనూ సాధనమునూ సమస్తమును, ఏదియు విడువక వినుము. ఘ్రాణము, జిహ్వ, చక్షువు, త్వకు, ఐదవది శ్రోత్రము; అలాగే మనస్సు, బుద్ధి—ఈ ఏడు గుణహేతువులుగా తెలిసికొనవలెను।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies seven operative bases—five sense faculties plus mind and intellect—as the causal channels through which the guṇas shape perception, desire, and conduct. Ethical clarity begins with understanding these instruments and how they condition experience.
A Brāhmaṇa speaker continues an instructive discourse, urging the listener to hear the full explanation of causes and means. He enumerates the sensory and inner faculties as the key factors to be analyzed through reasoning in order to understand human experience and moral behavior.