SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
mahAbhUthAnyahankArO budhdhir avyaktham Eva cha |
indhriyANi dhaSaikam cha pancha chEndhriyagOcharA: ||
word-by-word meaning
mahA bhUthAni – the five great elements
ahankAra: – bhUthAdhi (which is the cause for those elements)
budhdhi: – mahAn (which is the cause for such ahankAra)
avyaktham Eva cha – mUla prakruthi (primordial matter, which is the cause for mahAn)
dhaSa Ekam cha indhriyANi cha – the five gyAna indhriyams (sense organs of knowledge), the five karma indhriyams (sense organs of action) and the mind which controls these sense organs – all put together 11 sense organs
pancha indhriya gOcharA: cha – the five senses, viz, Sabdha (sound), sparSa (touch), rUpa (form), rasa (taste) and gandha (smell)
Simple Translation
The five great elements, bhUthAdhi (which is the cause for those elements), mahAn (which is the cause for such ahankAra), mUla prakruthi (primordial matter, which is the cause for mahAn), the five gyAna indhriyams (sense organs of knowledge), the five karma indhriyams (sense organs of action) and the mind which controls these sense organs – all put together 11 sense organs, and the five senses, viz, Sabdha (sound), sparSa (touch), rUpa (form), rasa (taste) and gandha (smell) …
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘The great elements, Ahaṇkāra, Buddhi and also the Avyakta (Unmanifest); the senses Ten and One, and the five Sensibles.’
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