इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहु
र्विषयाँस्तेषुगोचरान् ।
आत्मेन्द्रियमनोयुक्तं
भोक्तेत्याहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ ४
INDRIYANI HAYAN AHUR
VISHAYAM TESHU GOCHRAN |
ATMENDRIY MANO-YUKTAM
BHOKTA ITY AHUR MANISHINAH ||4
THE SENSE ORGANS ARE THE HORSES ON THE ROADS TO SENSE OBJECTS ,
THE WISE CALL THE ATMAN
THE ENJOYER WHEN IT IS UNITED WITH THE BODY - SENSES AND MIND ||4
This Shloka is one which most of have been told in past many a times . We have 5 organs of perception -DNYANEDRIYE - One which give DNYAN -knowledge. These are Eyes, Nose - smell , touch, taste and hearing., and there are 5 organs of action- -KARMENDRIYE. These are hand and legs and speech and procreation and excretion. These are given to us as without them we can not survive. If we did not see then we can not protect from attacks by preditors and same with other organs , we need to use hands for defence or action and legs to run iin case of attack and need procreation and excreation for surviving.The sense organs must have union with objects of pleasures and that union leads to impression. These impressions will lead to desires and then the desires lead to action and we try to get to the object of pleasre. So if we enjoy a special something special food, then we have desire to get to it and then we look for it or do efforts to get it . This is the road that the senses run on and so the senses are compared to the horses and the road that we run on is the efforts that we try to get the objets of our pleasure and run on the road. Once we get it then the PLEASURE or enjoyement that one gets is done by ATMAN. The Jiva is is the ATMAN which is bound to the BODY AND SENSE ORGANS. So the Jiva feels that ATMA is enjoying but in fact the Jiva is the Atma attached to the mortal body. This is what this Shloka is telling us .
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