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:
hetūnāṃ sādhanaṃ caiva śṛṇu sarvam aśeṣataḥ | ghrāṇaṃ jihvā ca cakṣuś ca tvak ca śrotraṃ ca pañcamam | mano buddhiś ca saptaite vijñeyā guṇa-hetavaḥ ||
Wika ng Brahmana: “Pakinggan, nang walang maiiwan, ang ganap na salaysay tungkol sa mga paraan at mga sanhi. Ang ilong, ang dila, ang mga mata, ang balat, at bilang ikalima ang tainga—kasama ang isip at ang talino: ang pitong ito’y dapat maunawaan bilang mga saligang sanhi kung saan kumikilos ang mga guna (mga katangian). Sa pamamagitan ng pangangatwiran, mapatutunayan kung paano sila gumagana, at sa gayon ay mahihiwatigan kung paanong mula sa kanila sumisibol ang karanasan at asal.”
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.