इन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनो
मनसः सत्त्वमुत्तमम् ।
सत्त्वादधि महानात्मा
महतोऽव्यक्तमुत्तमम् ॥ ७
INDRIYEBHYAH PARM MANO
MANASAH SATTVAM UTTAMAM |
SATVADATHI MAHAN ATMA
MAHATO VYAKTAM UTTAMAM ||7
BEYOND (SUBTLER THAN) SENSES IS MIND,,BEYOND MIND (SUBTLER THAN )IS
INTELLECT,BEYOND THE INTELLECT (SUBTLER THAN ) IS THE GREAT ATMAN
SUPERIOR TO THE GREAT ATMAN IS UNMANIFEST.||7
This Shloka is taken along with Shloka 8. But a brief explanation here will help. We all know that the senses are gross, the eyes and the skin and the nose and the ear - all the DNYANENDRIAS and the 5 Karmendriyas - the 5 organs of Action - the hand -legs and speech etc. are gross and we can see them easily . But the Mind is subtler and we can not SEE the Mind. Our SENSES need Mind to act and there Mind is needed . But the Mind is guided by Intellect. The mind may want to DO certain things as the senses want it , but the Intellect tells the the mind that the time is not right The example is simple. One goes to a store to bye some sweets or some food and that may be on display . So the senses want to eat it . But then mind may want grab and eat it . But the Intellect tells the mind that the time is not right . He has to pay and buy and then only he can eat it . So this is simple . We are now told that the ATMAN is beyond it This also is easy to understand .The Atman is not seen and not affected by senses or mind or intellect. So it is beyond them . Now we are told that the UNMANIFESTED is even beyond the Great Atman. The manifested is beyond our usual understanding and when that UNMANIFESTED becomes MANFESTED ,then the universe comes to exitance.
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