Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28.57
पञ्चेन्द्रियार्था आरामा द्वार: प्राणा नव प्रभो ।
तेजोऽबन्नानि कोष्ठानि कुलमिन्द्रियसङ्ग्रह: ॥ ५७ ॥
pañcendriyārthā ārāmā
[panchendriyaarthaa aaraamaa]
dvāraḥ prāṇā nava prabho
[dvaarah praanaa nava prabho]
tejo-’b-annāni koṣṭhāni
[tejo-’b-annaani koshthaani]
kulam indriya-saṅgrahaḥ
[kulam indriya-sangrahah]
Word-for-word
pañca
—
five
indriya-arthāḥ
—
sense objects
ārāmāḥ
—
the gardens
dvāraḥ
—
gates
prāṇāḥ
—
apertures of the senses
nava
—
nine
prabho
—
O King
tejaḥ-ap
—
fire, water
annāni
—
food grains or earth
koṣṭhāni
—
apartments
kulam
—
families
indriya-saṅgrahaḥ
—
five senses and the mind.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pañcendriyārthā ārāmā
pañca
five
dvāraḥ prāṇā nava prabho
tejo-’b-annāni koṣṭhāni
kulam indriya-saṅgrahaḥ
indriya-arthāḥ
sense objects
ārāmāḥ
the gardens
dvāraḥ
gates
prāṇāḥ
apertures of the senses
nava
nine
prabho
O King
tejaḥ-ap
fire, water
annāni
food grains or earth
koṣṭhāni
apartments
kulam
families
indriya-saṅgrahaḥ
five senses and the mind.
My dear friend, the five gardens are the five objects of sense enjoyment, and the protector is the life air, which passes through the nine gates. The three apartments are the chief ingredients — fire, water and earth. The six families are the aggregate total of the mind and five senses.
Purport
The five senses that acquire knowledge are sight, taste, smell, sound and touch, and these act through the nine gates — the two eyes, two ears, one mouth, two nostrils, the genitals and one rectum. These holes are compared to gates in the walls of the city. The principal ingredients are earth, water and fire, and the principal actor is the mind, which is controlled by the intelligence ( buddhi ).
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The five sense objects are the gardens. The gates are nine openings of the body. The storerooms are fire, water and earth. The communities are the senses and mind combined.
Two verses explain the previous verse. There are nine openings for prāṇa. The families or communities are merchants.
Personal Guidance
Five gardens are sense-objects; protector is life-air; three apartments are fire-water-earth; six families are mind plus five senses. Each element of the parable has a body-system referent; the figure is precise.
Reflection Questions
- Which body-system do I most ignore even though it shapes everything?
- What practice would honor a body-system I've been negligent about?
My note
Source: vedabase.io