Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.22.15

śrotraḿ tvag darśanaḿ ghrāṇo

jihveti jñāna-śaktayaḥ

vāk-pāṇy-upastha-pāyv-ańghriḥ

karmāṇy ańgobhayaḿ manaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrotram — the sense of hearing; tvak — the sense of touch, experienced upon the skin; darśanam — sight; ghrāṇaḥ — smell; jihvā — the sense of taste, experienced upon the tongue; iti — thus; jñāna-śaktayaḥ — the knowledge-acquiring senses; vāk — speech; pāṇi — the hands; upastha — the genitals; pāyu — the anus; ańghriḥ — and the legs; karmāṇi — the working senses; ańga — My dear Uddhava; ubhayam — belonging to both these categories; manaḥ — the mind.

TRANSLATION

Hearing, touch, sight, smell and taste are the five knowledge acquiring senses, My dear Uddhava, and speech, the hands, the genitals, the anus and the legs constitute the five working senses. The mind belongs to both these categories.

PURPORT

Eleven elements are mentioned in this verse.

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