Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.47

nabho-guṇa-viśeṣo 'rtho

yasya tac chrotram ucyate

vāyor guṇa-viśeṣo 'rtho

yasya tat sparśanaḿ viduḥ

SYNONYMS

nabhaḥ-guṇa-viśeṣaḥ — the distinctive characteristic of sky (sound); arthaḥ — object of perception; yasya — whose; tat — that; śrotram — the auditory sense; ucyate — is called; vāyoḥ guṇa-viśeṣaḥ — the distinctive characteristic of air (touch); arthaḥ — object of perception; yasya — whose; tat — that; sparśanam — the tactile sense; viduḥ — they know.

TRANSLATION

The sense whose object of perception is sound is called the auditory sense, and that whose object of perception is touch is called the tactile sense.

PURPORT

Sound is one of the qualifications of the sky and is the subject matter for hearing. Similarly, touch is the qualification of the air and is the subject of the touch sensation.

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