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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.5.31

तैजसात् तु विकुर्वाणादिन्द्रियाणि दशाभवन् । ज्ञानशक्ति: क्रियाशक्तिर्बुद्धि: प्राणश्च तैजसौ । श्रोत्रं त्वग्घ्राणद‍ृग्जिह्वा वागदोर्मेढ्राङ्‌घ्रिपायव: ॥ ३१ ॥
taijasāt tu vikurvāṇād
[taijasaat tu vikurvaanaad]
indriyāṇi daśābhavan
[indriyaani dashaabhavan]
jñāna-śaktiḥ kriyā-śaktir
[jnaana-shaktih kriyaa-shaktir]
buddhiḥ prāṇaś ca taijasau
[buddhih praanash cha taijasau]
śrotraṁ tvag-ghrāṇa-dṛg-jihvā
[shrotram tvag-ghraana-drig-jihvaa]
vāg-dor-meḍhrāṅghri-pāyavaḥ
[vaag-dor-medhraanghri-paayavah]
Word-for-word
taijasāt — by the passionate egoism tu — but vikurvāṇāt — transformation of indriyāṇi — the senses daśa — ten abhavan — generated jñāna-śaktiḥ — the five senses for acquiring knowledge kriyā-śaktiḥ — the five senses of activities buddhiḥ — intelligence prāṇaḥ — the living energy ca — also taijasau — all products of the mode of passion śrotram — the sense for hearing tvak — the sense for touching ghrāṇa — the sense for smelling dṛk — the sense for seeing jihvāḥ — the sense for tasting vāk — the sense for speaking doḥ — the sense for handling meḍhra — the genitals aṅghri — the legs pāyavaḥ — the sense for evacuating.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
taijasāt tu vikurvāṇād
taijasāt
by the passionate egoism
tu
but
vikurvāṇāt
transformation of
indriyāṇi daśābhavan
indriyāṇi
the senses
daśa
ten
abhavan
generated
jñāna-śaktiḥ kriyā-śaktir
jñāna-śaktiḥ
the five senses for acquiring knowledge
kriyā-śaktiḥ
the five senses of activities
buddhiḥ prāṇaś ca taijasau
buddhiḥ
intelligence
prāṇaḥ
the living energy
ca
also
taijasau
all products of the mode of passion
śrotraṁ tvag-ghrāṇa-dṛg-jihvā
śrotram
the sense for hearing
tvak
the sense for touching
ghrāṇa
the sense for smelling
dṛk
the sense for seeing
jihvāḥ
the sense for tasting
vāg-dor-meḍhrāṅghri-pāyavaḥ
vāk
the sense for speaking
doḥ
the sense for handling
meḍhra
the genitals
aṅghri
the legs
pāyavaḥ
the sense for evacuating.
By further transformation of the mode of passion, the sense organs like the ear, skin, nose, eyes, tongue, mouth, hands, genitals, legs, and the outlet for evacuating, together with intelligence and living energy, are all generated.
Purport

The living condition in material existence depends more or less on one’s intelligence and powerful living energy. Intelligence to counteract the hard struggle for existence is assisted by the senses for acquiring knowledge, and the living energy maintains himself by manipulating the active organs, like the hands and legs. But on the whole, the struggle for existence is an exertion of the mode of passion. Therefore all the sense organs, headed by intelligence and the living energy, prāṇa, are different products and by-products of the second mode of nature, called passion. This mode of passion, however, is the product of the air element, as described before.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From ahaṅkāra in rajas arose the intelligence (the śakti of the five knowledge senses), prāṇa (the śakti of the five action senses), and the ten senses. The ten senses are the ear, skin, nose, eye, tongue, voice, hands, feet, anus and penis.
Commentary

From the transformation of ahaṅkāra in rajas arose the ten senses. The śakti of the five knowledge senses is intelligence (buddhiḥ). [Note: Jñāna-śakti comes from sattva. Kriyā-śakti comes from rajas. ] The śakti of the five action senses is prāṇa. Buddhi and prāṇa arise from ahaṅkāra in rajas, and buddhi becomes particularized as the five knowledge senses. Prāṇa becomes particularized as the five action senses. It should be understood that air in the form of prāṇa arising from the ahaṅkāra in tamas is also an effect of ahaṅkāra in rajas. Doḥ means hands. Meḍhra is the penis. Pāyuḥ is the anus. They are not in proper order.

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Personal Guidance
The senses, intelligence, and life-energy by which we hustle through life are products of the mode of passion. Even our striving and surviving are passion at work. Recognize the mode you are operating in before judging the outcomes.
Reflection Questions
  • How much of today's energy is passion's struggle, and how much is goodness's clarity?
  • What would shift if I stopped identifying my drive with my self?
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