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वस्तुनो मृदुकाठिन्य लघुगुर्वोष्णशीतताम् ।
जिघृक्षतस्त्वङ्निर्भिन्ना तस्यां रोममहीरुहाः ।
तत्र चान्तर्बहिर्वातस् त्वचा लब्धगुणो वृतः ॥ २३ ॥
 
vastuno mrdu-kathinya-
laghu-gurvosna-sitatam
jighrksatas tvaṅ nirbhinna
tasyam roma-mahiruhah
tatra cantar bahir vatas
tvaca labdha-guno vrtah
vastunah-of all matters; mrdu-softness; kathinya-hardness; laghu-lightness; guru-heaviness; osna-warmness; sitatam-coldness; jighrksatah-desiring to perceive; tvak-touch sensation; nirbhinna-distributed; tasyam-in the skin; roma-hairs on the body; mahi-ruhah-as well as the trees, the controlling deities; tatra-there; ca-also; antah-within; bahih-outside; vatah tvaca-sense of touch or the skin; labdha-having been perceived; gunah-objects of sense perception; vrtah-generated.