Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 Verse 9
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 15 श्लोक 9

श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।
अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
15.9 This one enjoys the objects by presiding over the ear, eyes, skin and tongue as also the nose and the mind.


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
15.9 Presiding over these sense-organs, of which the mind is the sixth, the lord of the body drives the organs towards their corresponding objects like sound and the rest and enjoys them.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 15.9Shrotram chakshuh sparshanam cha rasanam ghraanameva cha;
Adhishthaaya manashchaayam vishayaanupasevate.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 15.9śhrotram—ears; chakṣhuḥ—eyes; sparśhanam—the sense of touch; cha—and; rasanam—tongue; ghrāṇam—nose; eva—also; cha—and; adhiṣhṭhāya—grouped around; manaḥ—mind; cha—also; ayam—they; viṣhayān—sense objects; upasevate—savors