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TEXT 57
pancendriyartha arama
dvarah prana nava prabho
tejo-b-annani kosthani
kulam indriya-sangrahah
SYNONYMS
pancafive; indriya-arthahsense objects; aramahthe gardens; dvarahgates; pranahapertures of the senses; navanine; prabhoO King; tejah-apfire, water; annanifood grains or earth; kosthaniapartments; kulamfamilies; indriya-sangrahahfive senses and the mind.
TRANSLATION
My dear friend, the five gardens are the five objects of sense enjoyment, and the protector is the life air, which passes through the nine gates. The three apartments are the chief ingredientsfire, water and earth. The six families are the aggregate total of the mind and five senses.
PURPORT
The five senses that acquire knowledge are sight, taste, smell, sound and touch, and these act through the nine gatesthe two eyes, two ears, one mouth, two nostrils, one genital and one rectum. These holes are compared to gates in the walls of the city. The principal ingredients are earth, water and fire, and the principal actor is the mind, which is controlled by the intelligence (buddhi).
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