इन्द्रियेभ्यः परा ह्यर्था
अर्थेभ्यश्च परं मनः ।
मनसस्तुपरा बुद्धि
र्बुद्धेरात्मा महान्परः ॥ १0
INDRIYEBHYAH PARA HE ARTHA
ARTHEBHYAS CHA PARAM MANAH |
MANASAS TU PARA BUDDHIR
BUDDHER ATMA MAHAN PARAH || 10
OBJECTS ARE (PERCEIVED BY) SENSE ORGANS ARE SUPERIOR TO SENSES AND MIND IS
SUPERIOR TO MIND AND INTELLECT IS SUPERIOR TO MIND AND
BEYOND INTELLECT IS GREAT SELF||10
This Shloka is in a way simple except the first part. Many of us know that Mind- Intellect-Ego- self is more and more subtler and may be superior. So how can the external sense objects be superior to the senses that perceive them ? The meaning of word ARTH in this shloka is taken as sense objects by many and then there is confusion. The senses perceive an OBJECT but in reality we perceive not the object but the characters of the object- which is referred to as ARTH . If I see a banana - I am not seeing a banana but my intellect has concluded that I am seeing a banana. In reality I am seeing a shape - form - color etc. by the sense organ -the eye and that information is given to Mind and then with the experience from past the intellect analyses and knows that it is banana. The shape -form-color etc. are in that way superior to the senses . This can be also applied to other senses ear and sound , touch and smell and taste . But as stated above, mind act instantly and intellect is superior as intellect is mind with experiences. So when we have seen a banana in past and have known that what is yellow and soft and a particular shape is banana and this experience gives intellect the answer that what eyes are seeing is a banana.
This part is somewhat simple to understand .But then it states that beyond is is GREAT SELF. We often confuse our mind or intellect and may be ego as the SELF. The Self is superior and different that the senses - mind - intellect. So the SELF is DIFFERENET AND SUPERIOR TO everything that we perceive -know very easily.
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