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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 26 ]
TEXT 12
महाभूतानि पञ्चैव भूरापोऽग्निर्मरुन्नभः । तन्मात्राणि च तावन्ति गन्धादीनि मतानि मे॥१२॥
mahā-bhūtāni pañcaiva bhūr āpo 'gnir marun nabhaḥ tanmātrāṇi ca tāvanti gandhādīni matāni me
mahā-bhūtāni —the gross elements;  pañca —five;  eva —exactly;  bhūḥ —earth;  āpaḥ —water;  agniḥ —fire;  marut —air;  nabhaḥ —ether;  tanmātrāṇi —the subtle elements;  ca —also;  tāvanti —so many;  gandha-ādīni —smell and so on (taste, color, touch and sound);  matāni —considered;  me —by Me.
TRANSLATION
There are five gross elements, namely earth, water, fire, air and ether. There are also five subtle elements: smell, taste, color, touch and sound.
TEXT 13
इन्द्रियाणि दश श्रोत्रं त्वग्द्ध्यसननासिकाः । वाक्करौ चरणौ मेढ्रं पायुर्दशम उच्यते ॥१३॥
indriyāṇi daśa śrotraṁ tvag dṛg-rasana-nāsikāḥ vāk karau caraṇau meḍhraṁ pāyur daśama ucyate
indriyāṇi —the senses;  daśa —ten;  śrotram —the sense of hearing;  tvak —the sense of touch;  dṛk —the sense of sight;  rasana —the sense of taste;  nāsikāḥ —the sense of smell;  vāk —the organ of speech;  karau —two hands;  caraṇau —the organs for traveling (legs);  meḍhram —the generative organ;  pāyuḥ —the evacuating organ;  daśamaḥ —the tenth;  ucyate —is called.
TRANSLATION
The senses for acquiring knowledge and the organs for action number ten, namely the auditory sense, the sense of taste, the tactile sense, the