प्राणहोमः, तत्त्वहोमःThe offering of the vital airs; the offering of the tattvas
Verse 251
श्रोत्रं त्वङ्नयनं जिह्वा घ्राणं बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च । मनो बुद्धिश्च चित्तञ्चाहङ्कारो देहजाः क्रियाः ॥ २५१ ॥
śrōtraṁ tvaṅnayanaṁ jihvā ghrāṇaṁ buddhīndriyāṇi ca | manō buddhiśca cittañcāhaṅkārō dēhajāḥ kriyāḥ || 251 ||
Translation
hearing, skin, eyes, tongue and smell, the organs of knowledge; mind, intellect, the heart and the ego, and the actions born of the body;
Word by word
- śrōtraṁ
- hearing
- tvaṅ
- (tvak) skin
- nayanaṁ
- eyes
- jihvā
- tongue
- ghrāṇaṁ
- smell
- buddhi
- of knowledge
- indriyāṇi
- (indriyāṇi) the organs
- ca
- and
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- buddhiś
- (buddhiḥ) intellect
- cittañ
- (cittam) the heart
- ahaṅkārō
- (ahaṅkāraḥ) the ego
- dēha
- from the body
- jāḥ
- born
- kriyāḥ
- the actions
Meaning
The five organs of knowledge; then the four of the inner instrument, manas (mind), buddhi (intellect), citta (the store of impressions) and ahaṅkāra (the I-maker); and the actions of the body. With the five elements, five tanmātras, ten organs and four inner faculties, the count of twenty-four is complete.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 250.