Text 19]
Creation of the Universal Form
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system of knowledge is received by aural reception only, and thus sound is the most important source of knowledge.
TEXT 18
त्वचमस्य विनिर्मिन्नां विविश्विष्यमोषधीः । अंशेन रोममिः कण्हं यैरसौ प्रतिपद्यते ॥१८॥
tvacam asya vinirbhinnām viviśur dhiṣṇyam oṣadhīḥ aṁśena romabhiḥ kaṇḍūm yair asau pratipadyate
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.
TRANSLATION
When there was a separate manifestation of skin, the controlling deities of sensations and its 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.
TEXT 19
मेद्रं तस्य विनिर्मिन्नं स्वधिष्यं क उपाविशत् । रेतसांशेन येनासावानन्दं प्रतिपद्यते ॥१९॥
meḍhraṁ tasya vinirbhinnaṁ sva-dhiṣṇyaṁ ka upāviśat retasāṁśena yenāsāv ānandaṁ pratipadyate