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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.18

త్వచమస్య వినిర్భిన్నాం వివిశుర్ధిష్ణ్యమోషధీ: । అంశేన రోమభి: కణ్డూం యైరసౌ ప్రతిపద్యతే ॥ ౧౮ ॥
tvacam asya vinirbhinnāṁ
[tvacham asya vinirbhinnaam]
viviśur dhiṣṇyam oṣadhīḥ
[vivishur dhishnyam oshadheeh]
aṁśena romabhiḥ kaṇḍūṁ
[amshena romabhih kandoom]
yair asau pratipadyate
[yair asau pratipadyate]
Word-for-word
tvacam — skin asya — of the gigantic form vinirbhinnām — being separately manifested viviśuḥ — entered dhiṣṇyam — the controlling deity oṣadhīḥ — sensations aṁśena — with parts romabhiḥ — through the hairs on the body kaṇḍūm — itching yaiḥ — by which asau — the living entity pratipadyate — experiences.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tvacam asya vinirbhinnāṁ
tvacam
skin
asya
of the gigantic form
vinirbhinnām
being separately manifested
viviśur dhiṣṇyam oṣadhīḥ
viviśuḥ
entered
dhiṣṇyam
the controlling deity
oṣadhīḥ
sensations
aṁśena romabhiḥ kaṇḍūṁ
aṁśena
with parts
romabhiḥ
through the hairs on the body
kaṇḍūm
itching
yair asau pratipadyate
yaiḥ
by which
asau
the living entity
pratipadyate
experiences.
When there was a separate manifestation of skin, the controlling deities of sensations and their different parts entered into it, and thus the living entities feel itching and happiness due to touch.
Purport

For sense perception there are two principal items, touch and itching, and both of them are controlled by the skin and hairs on the body. According to Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the controlling deity of touch is the air passing within the body, and the controlling deity of the hairs on the body is Oṣadhya. For the skin the object of perception is touch, and for the hairs on the body the object of perception is itching.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the gross skin (adhibhūta) of the universal form appeared, the presiding deities the plants (adhidaiva), along with their portion subtle organ called body hair (adhyātma) entered. By these body hairs, relief from itching (adhibhūta, function) appears. Oṣadhīh stands for oṣadhyaḥ. On the adhiṣṭhāna of skin, two subtle sense organs—skin, previously mentioned, and body hairs—appeared. The presiding deity of the skin sense organ is Vāyu, and the sense object is touch. The presiding deities of the hair sense organ are plants, and their function is relief from itching.
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