Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.22.15
Sarga· CreationThe Mind Shares Both Sensory Roles
“Hearing, touch, sight, smell and taste are the five knowledge-acquiring senses, My dear Uddhava, and speech, the hands, the genitals, the anus and the legs constitute the five working senses. The mind belongs to both these categories.”
What the purport teaches
- Hearing, touch, sight, smell and taste are the five knowledge-acquiring senses.
- Speech, the hands, the genitals, the anus and the legs are the five working senses.
- The mind belongs to both categories. Together, these make eleven elements.
Try this today
While doing one simple task today, identify a knowledge-acquiring sense, a working sense and the mind’s involvement.
Ask yourself
How do I notice my mind participating in both perception and action?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.