Text 15] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1079
sense of sight, the sense of smell, the active organ for speaking, the ac-
tive organs for working, and those for traveling, generating and evacuating.
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VAN BETA AS TAT SITETA 12!
mano buddhir ahankaras
cittam ity antaratmakam
caturdha laksyate bhedo
urttyd laksana-riipaya
manah—the mind; buddhih—intelligence; ahaikarah—ego; cittam—con-
sciousness; iti—thus; antaratmakam—the internal, subtle senses; catuh-dha—
having four aspects; laksyate—is observed; bhedah—the distinction; urttya—
by their functions; laksana-riipaya—representing different characteristics.
TRANSLATION
The internal subtle senses are experienced as having four aspects in the
shape of mind, intelligence, ego and contaminated consciousness. Distinc-
tions between them can be made only by different functions, since they
represent different characteristics.
PURPORT
The four internal senses or subtle senses described herein are defined
by different characteristics. When pure consciousness is polluted by
material contamination, and identification with the body becomes
prominent, this is called false ego. Consciousness is the function of the
soul, and therefore behind consciousness there is soul. When consciousness
is polluted by material contamination, this is called ahankara.
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TAAAT ARNT ANT: ATTA z I
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ETT ATTA Ts TSS TAT T TS 124
etavdn eva sankhyato
brahmanah sagunasya ha
