Sankhya Karika Verse 34

Sanskrit Verse

बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि तेषां पञ्च विशेषाविशेषविषयिणी । वाग्भवति शब्दविषया शेषाणि तु पञ्चविषयाणि ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

buddhi indriyāṇi teṣāṃ pañca viśeṣa aviśeṣa viṣayāṇi | vāk bhavati śabda viṣayā śeṣāṇi tu pañca viṣayāṇi ||

Translation

Among these (ten Indriyas) the five Indriyas of cognition have for their objects things gross and subtile. Speech has sound (alone) for its object. But the rest have (all) the five as their objects.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika