Sankhya Karika Verse 27

Sanskrit Verse

उभयात्मकमत्र मनः संकल्पकमिन्द्रियं च साधर्म्यात् । गुणपरिणामविशेषान्नानात्वं बाह्यभेदाश्च ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

ubhaya-ātmakam-atra manaḥ saṃkalpakam-indriyaṃ ca sādharmyāt | guṇa-pariṇāma-viśeṣāt-nānātvaṃ bāhya-bhedāḥ ca ||

Translation

Among the Indriyas, Manas possesses the nature of both. It is deliberative, and is as well an Indriya, as it is homogeneous with the rest. The variety of the In driyas is due to the differences in the transformation of the Gunas, and so are the external diversities (of objects of the senses).

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Reference: Sankhya Karika