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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.11.10

गन्धाकृतिस्पर्शरसश्रवांसि विसर्गरत्यर्त्यभिजल्पशिल्पा: । एकादशं स्वीकरणं ममेति शय्यामहं द्वादशमेक आहु: ॥ १० ॥
gandhākṛti-sparśa-rasa-śravāṁsi
[gandhaakriti-sparsha-rasa-shravaamsi]
visarga-raty-arty-abhijalpa-śilpāḥ
[visarga-raty-arty-abhijalpa-shilpaah]
ekādaśaṁ svīkaraṇaṁ mameti
[ekaadasham sveekaranam mameti]
śayyām ahaṁ dvādaśam eka āhuḥ
[shayyaam aham dvaadasham eka aahuh]
Word-for-word
gandha — smell ākṛti — form sparśa — touch rasa — taste śravāṁsi — and sound visarga — evacuating rati — sexual intercourse arti — movement abhijalpa — speaking śilpāḥ — grasping or releasing ekādaśam — eleventh svīkaraṇam — accepting as mama — mine iti — thus śayyām — this body aham — I dvādaśam — twelfth eke — some āhuḥ — have said.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gandhākṛti-sparśa-rasa-śravāṁsi
gandha
smell
ākṛti
form
sparśa
touch
rasa
taste
śravāṁsi
and sound
visarga-raty-arty-abhijalpa-śilpāḥ
visarga
evacuating
rati
sexual intercourse
arti
movement
abhijalpa
speaking
śilpāḥ
grasping or releasing
ekādaśaṁ svīkaraṇaṁ mameti
ekādaśam
eleventh
svīkaraṇam
accepting as
mama
mine
iti
thus
śayyām ahaṁ dvādaśam eka āhuḥ
śayyām
this body
aham
I
dvādaśam
twelfth
eke
some
āhuḥ
have said.
Sound, touch, form, taste and smell are the objects of the five knowledge-acquiring senses. Speech, touch, movement, evacuation and sexual intercourse are the objects of the working senses. Besides this, there is another conception by which one thinks, “This is my body, this is my society, this is my family, this is my nation,” and so forth. This eleventh function of the mind is called the false ego. According to some philosophers, this is the twelfth function, and its field of activity is the body.
Purport

There are different objects for the eleven items. Through the nose we can smell, by the eyes we can see, by the ears we can hear, and in this way we gather knowledge. Similarly, there are the karmendriyas, the working senses — the hands, legs, genitals, rectum, mouth and so forth. When the false ego expands, it makes one think, “This is my body, family, society, country,” etc.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The eleven objects are fragrance, form, touch, taste and sound; evacuating, sexual intercourse, motion, speaking, and grasping; and possessiveness of objects. Some say the twelfth object is the body, identified as “I” by the ahaṅkāra. This verse describes the objects. First the five tan-mātras starting with fragrance are described in relation to the knowledge senses starting with the nose. Ākṛṭi means form. The actions starting with evacuation are the objects of the five action senses. This makes ten. Arti means going. The eleventh item is the body, what is accepted (svikaraṇam). Because of ahaṅkāra’s twofold nature of mine and I, some ācāryas (eke) say that the eleventh object is possessiveness of things like a house. The twelfth object is the identification with the body (śayyām) for the ahaṅkāra.
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Personal Guidance
The eleventh function of the mind is the relentless production of 'mine': my body, my family, my country. This false-ego work is what most reliably keeps us asleep to our spiritual nature. Watch your own use of 'mine.'
Reflection Questions
  • Where is your 'mine' working overtime today, and what is it costing your remembrance of the Lord?
  • What 'mine' could you consciously hand back to Kṛṣṇa as 'Yours'?
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