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बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि - The organs of knowledge, श्रवणम् the ears, त्वक् • skin, आक्ष - eyes, घ्राणम् - nose, च - and, जिह्वा - tongue, sense of taste), विषयावबोधनात् - for gaining knowledge of the objects, वाकपाणिपादा: - the organ of speech, hands, गुदम् the anus, अपि - also, उपस्थः - the genital organ, कर्मेन्द्रियाणि - organs of action, प्रवणेन - by their tendency, in actions.
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The ears, skin, eyes, nose and tongue are the organs-ofknowledge, for they help us to gain the knowledge of the objects (stimuli-Vishayas). The organ of speech, hands, legs, the anus and the genital organ are the organs-of-action, since they have a tendency for work.
Here the teacher is undertaking to enumerate the various aspects in our personality that together constitute the "subtle body". These factors in their aggregate express through the gross-body, from its within, and thus establish the individual's contact with the world-of-objects around, from wherein each one draws out his own experiences of the world.
Enumerating the factors in us that constitute the "subtle body", here the teacher points out to the organs-ofknowledge (gyāna-indriyās) and the organs-of-action (Karma- indriyas.) To perceive the stimuli reaching us and to respond to them, together constitute the expression of life through any individual.
The inlets that allow the stimuli to reach our bosom are called the organs-of-knowledge because they perceive the world around us. These sense-organs are the ears, skin, eyes, nose and tongue.
When the stimuli are received an intelligent man responds to them and our responses are expressed through the motor-organs, and they too are five in number. These are called the organs-of-action, as our responses expressed at our body level are our own reactions to the received field of stimuli. They are organ of speech, hands, the legs, the anus and the genital-organ. Since these are the points at which
