महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥ ५ ॥
mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ
Translation
The great elements, the ego, the intellect and the unmanifest, the ten senses and the one (mind), and the five objects of the senses,
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
पाँच महाभूत, अहंकार, बुद्धि और अव्यक्त (मूल प्रकृति), दस इंद्रियाँ और एक मन, तथा इंद्रियों के पाँच विषय,
Commentary
This is the Sankhya philosophy's list of the building blocks of nature, 24 in all: five elements (earth, water, fire, air, space), ego (ahankara), intellect (buddhi), unmanifest nature (avyakta), ten senses (five of perception, five of action), the mind as the eleventh, and five sense objects (sound, touch, form, taste, smell). Notice that mind and intellect belong to the field, not to the knower. They are instruments, not the self.
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