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91. Five of them, the ear and the rest according to their order, they call organs of sense, and five of them, the anus and the rest, organs of action.
92. Know that the internal organ (manas) is the eleventh, which by its quality belongs to both (sets); when that has been subdued, both those sets of five have been conquered.
93. Through the attachment of his organs (to sensual pleasure) a man doubtlessly will incur guilt ; but if he keep them under complete control, he will obtain success (in gaining all his aims).
94. Desire is never extinguished by the enjoyment of desired objects; it only grows stronger like a fire (fed) with clarified butter.
95. If one man should obtain all those (sensual enjoyments) and another should renounce them all, the renunciation of all pleasure is far better than the attainment of them.
96. Those (organs) which are strongly attached to sensual pleasures, cannot so effectually be restrained by abstinence (from enjoyments) as by a constant (pursuit of true) knowledge.
97. Neither (the study of) the Vedas, nor libera
92. 'By its quality,' i.e. by the quality called samkalpa, the power of determining or shaping the impressions of the senses.
93. Dosham,' guilt' (Nar.), is taken by Medh., Gov., and Kull. in the sense of drishtâdrishtam dosham,'misery and guilt ;' by Râgh. as samsârâkhyam, the misery of repeated births.' 'Success (in gaining all his aims),' i.e.the rewards of all good works and rites' (Medh.), or 'final liberation' (Nar., Râgh.), or all the aims of men, final liberation and the rest' (Gov., Kull.).
96. Asevaya, 'by abstinence from enjoyments' (Gov., Nár., Nand.), means according to Medh. and Kull.' by avoiding places where enjoyments are to be obtained,' i.e. "by dwelling in the forest' (Medh.).
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