Text 31] The Cause of All Causes 259

TEXT 31

TATA T Fagatontc fect TAMA |
aerate: fravafeeatg: 01 TT |
AA ATAU ART AVS TA TSA TTT NS 2 UI

taijasat tu vikurvanad
indrayani dosabhavan

Jiidna-Sak tih kriya-sak tir
buddhih prdnas ca taijasau

Srotram tvag-ghrana-drg-jihva
vag-dor-medhranghri-pdyavah

taijasat—by the passionate egoism; tu—but; vikurvanat—transformation
of; indrayani—the senses; dasa—ten in number; abhavan—generated; jiiana-
Saktih—the five senses for acquiring knowledge; kriya-saktih—the five
senses of activities; buddhih—intelligence; pranah—the living energy; ea—
also; taijasau—all products of the mode of passion; srotram—the sense for
hearing; tuak—the sense for touching; ghrana—the sense for smelling; drk—
the sense for seeing; jihva—the sense for tasting; vak—the sense for speak-
ing; doh—the sense for handling; medhra—the genitals; anghri—the legs;
payavah—the sense for evacuating.

TRANSLATION

By further transformation of the mode of passion, the sense organs
like the ear, skin, nose, eyes, tongue, mouth, hands, genitals, legs, and the
outlet for evacuating, together with intelligence and living energy, are all
generated.

PURPORT

The living condition in the material existence depends more or less on
one’s intelligence and powerful living energy. Intelligence to counteract the
hard struggle for existence is assisted by the senses for acquiring knowledge,
and the living energy is maintained by manipulating the active organs, like
hands and legs, etc. But on the whole, the struggle for existence is an
exertion of the mode of passion. Therefore all the sense organs, headed
