Text 19] Creation of the Universal Form 237

system of knowledge is received by aural reception only, and thus sound
is the most important source of knowledge.

TEXT 18

aan Rrra Arafat: |
aaa watt: we Ia sfavaa ure

tvacam asya vinirbhinnam
vivigur dhisnyam osadhih

amésena romabhih kandum
yair asau pratipadyate

tvacam—skin;asya—of the gigantic form;vinirbhinnam—being separately
manifested; vivisuh—entered; dhisnyam—the controlling deity; osadhih—
sensations; arhgena—with parts; romabhih—through the hairs on the body;
kandiim—itching; yaih—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 Sri Vigvanatha Cakravarti, the controlling deity of touch is
the air passing within the body, and the controlling deity of the hairs
on the body is Ogadhya. For the skin the object of perception is touch,
and for the hairs on the body the object of perception is itching.

TEXT 19
ag Te Affi ahod s suftyq |
taatda | Taraaaet fea 21

medhram tasya vinirbhinnam
sva-dhisnyam ka

upavisat retasamsena yenasav
anandarm pratipadyate
