Text 15] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 767

touch, form, taste, and smell. The third group is the five sense organs for
acquiring knowledge: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin. The fourth group
is the five working senses: speech, hands, feet, anus and genitals. Some say
that there are five groups of five. One group is the sense objects, one is the
five elements, one is the five sense organs for acquiring knowledge, another
is the senses for working, and the fifth group is the five deities who control
these divisions.

TEXT 14

Te Faee: TEMA ata |
dean taal | Sea IYI

tani caikaikasah srastum
asamarthani bhautikam

samhatya daiva-yogena
haimam andam avasrjan

tani—those elements; ca—and; eka-ekasah—separately ; srastum—to pro-
duce; asamarthani—unable; bhautikam—the material universe; samhatya—
having combined; daiva-yogena—with the energy of the Supreme Lord;
haimam-—shining like gold; andam—globe; avasrjan—produced.

TRANSLATION

Separately unable to produce the material universe, they combined with
the help of the energy of the Supreme Lord and were able to produce a
shining egg.

TEXT 15

aisahrenfsqatas aresara Fes: |
ae F aeeeaaateita: 12411

so ‘Sayistabdhi-salile
andakoso niratmakah

sagram vai varsa-sahasram
anvavatsit tam isvarah

sah—it; asayista—lay; abdhi-salile—on the waters of the Causal Ocean;
anda-kosah—egg; niratmakah—in an unconscious state; sagram—a little
