SB 11.22.16 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.16

शब्द: स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चेत्यर्थजातय: । गत्युक्त्युत्सर्गशिल्पानि कर्मायतनसिद्धय: ॥ १६ ॥

śabdaḥ sparśo raso gandho

[shabdah sparsho raso gandho]

rūpaṁ cety artha-jātayaḥ

[roopam chety artha-jaatayah]

gaty-ukty-utsarga-śilpāni

[gaty-ukty-utsarga-shilpaani]

karmāyatana-siddhayaḥ

[karmaayatana-siddhayah]

Word-for-word

śabdaḥ — sound sparśaḥ — touch rasaḥ — taste gandhaḥ — fragrance rūpam — form ca — and iti — thus artha — of sense objects jātayaḥ — the categories gati — movement ukti — speech utsarga — excretion (by both the genitals and anus) śilpāni — and manufacture karma-āyatana — by the above-mentioned working senses siddhayaḥ — accomplished.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

śabdaḥ sparśo raso gandho

śabdaḥ

sound

sparśaḥ

touch

rasaḥ

taste

gandhaḥ

fragrance

rūpaṁ cety artha-jātayaḥ

rūpam

form

and

iti

thus

artha

of sense objects

jātayaḥ

the categories

gaty-ukty-utsarga-śilpāni

gati

movement

ukti

speech

utsarga

excretion (by both the genitals and anus)

śilpāni

and manufacture

karmāyatana-siddhayaḥ

karma-āyatana

by the above-mentioned working senses

siddhayaḥ

accomplished.

Sound, touch, taste, smell and form are the objects of the knowledge-acquiring senses, and movement, speech, excretion and manufacture are functions of the working senses.

Purport

Here the word utsarga refers to evacuation by the genitals and anus, and thus constitutes two elements. In this way ten elements are listed here in two sets of five.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Sound, touch, taste, smell and form are the sense objects of the knowledge-acquiring senses. Movement, speech, excretion of wastes and semen, and manufacture are functions of the working senses, but these are not counted as elements. With five sense objects of the knowledge senses, the total of the previous list twenty-five. “But are not the five functions of the working senses also additional elements?” No. movement, speaking, urinating, defecating, ejaculation and manufacturing are the results of the action senses, but are not included as elements.

Personal Guidance

Knowledge-senses have sound, touch, taste, smell, form as objects; working senses have movement, speech, excretion, manufacture as functions. The Lord catalogs everything we do.

Reflection Questions

Which 'function' do I perform most without awareness?
How would performing it consciously change it?

📝 My note

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