COMMENTARY
Great elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether are so called because
they pervade all modifications of matter. The ten senses are: the five organs of knowledge (ears,
skin, eyes, tongue and nose), and the five organs of action (hand, feet, mouth, anus and generative
organ).
The one: this is the mind. The five objects of the senses are sound, touch, form colour, taste
and smell.
Icchaa dweshah sukham duhkham sanghaatashchetanaa dhritih;
Etat kshetram samaasena savikaaramudaahritam.
7. Desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, the aggregate (the body), fortitude and intelligence—the
Field has thus been described briefly with its modifications.
