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four vitalities of the sense-organ of touch, strength of body or energy, respiration and life-duration. What are mobile beings?
द्वीन्द्रियादयस्त्रसाः Dvindriyādayastrasāḥ
(14) 14. The mobile beings are from the two-sensed beings onwards.
That which has two senses is called two-sensed. Those commencing with two-sensed are the two-sensed etc. The word ādi (first) indicates the limit. Where is the limit indicated ? In the scriptures. How? It is indicated by the mention of two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed and five-sensed beings. The two-sensed also are included because of the type of compound' employed. How many life-principles have these ? The two-sensed beings have six, namely the sense of taste and the organ of speech in addition to the former four. The ihreesensed beings have seven with the addition of the sense of smell. The four-sensed beings have eight with the addition of the sense of sight. In the animal world the five-sensed beings without minds have nine life-principles with the addition of the sense of hearing. Those endowed with minds have ten with the addition of the mind.
The upper limit of the senses is to be mentioned, for by the word ādi the limit is not known.
पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि Pañcendriyāņi
(15) 15. The senses are five.
The word sense has been explained already. The word five is intended to determine that there are only five senses and no more. Should not the organs of activity such as the organ of speech be mentioned here? No. This is the section dealing with consciousness. Those that are the instruments of consciousness alone are mentioned here, and not those that are the instruments of activity as these have no such limit. All
1 i. e. tadgunasashvijñāna bahuvrihi,
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