The Mundakoupanishad : Post-26. Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================= Wednesday, March 29, 2023. 08:00. Chapter 2: Section 1 : Mantram-8. (Objects, Organs and their presiding deties are also the creation of Brahmam.) POST-26. ========================================================================= Mantram - (2.1.8) : From Him, from that great plenum of felicity, these seven senses manifest themselves. Sapta-prānāh prabhavanti tasmāt saptārcisah samidhas sapta-homāh, sapta ime lokā yesu caranti prānā guhāśayā nihitāh sapta sapta . Seven orifices above the neck are referred to here as seven senses—the two nostrils, the two eyes, the two ears, and the mouth. These are the seven apertures which act like senses, performing their respective functions. These senses, and their powers of cognition—not only the location of the eyes, nose, ears, etc., but also the capacity involved in them to perform their function, and the particular objects to...