Learn·Chapter 15 · The supreme person·Verse 9 of 20

Bhagavad Gītā 15.9, word by word

श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते

śhrotraṁ chakṣhuḥ sparśhanaṁ cha rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva cha adhiṣhṭhāya manaśh chāyaṁ viṣhayān upasevate

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In English

He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste, the smell, and the mind; and the enjoyment of the things they perceive is also His.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Presiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and mind, it enjoys the objects of the senses.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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