येन पश्यति तन्नेत्रयुगं नाम्ना भविष्यति । येन स्पृशति सा वै त्वग्यच्छृणोति श्रुतिस्तु सा ॥ २९ ॥
yēna paśyati tannētrayugaṁ nāmnā bhaviṣyati | yēna spṛśati sā vai tvagyacchṛṇōti śrutistu sā || 29 ||
Translation
that by which it sees will by name be the pair of eyes; that by which it touches is the skin; that by which it hears is hearing.
Word by word
- yēna
- that by which
- paśyati
- it sees
- tan
- (tat) that
- nētra
- of eyes
- yugaṁ
- the pair
- nāmnā
- by name
- bhaviṣyati
- will be
- spṛśati
- it touches
- sā
- that
- vai
- indeed
- tvag
- (tvak) the skin
- yac
- (yat) that by which
- chṛṇōti
- (śṛṇoti) it hears
- śrutis
- (śrutiḥ) hearing
- tu
- and
Meaning
The commentary: the pair of openings through which it sees outer things will be called the eyes; that through which it touches objects will be known as skin; that through which it hears sound will be the ear. The names come after the functions: the eye is named from seeing, not seeing from the eye. Each sense is a way awareness has chosen to meet its imagined world.