Canto 11, Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Verse 16 (SB 11.22.16)
SB 11.22.16 • मूल श्लोक

शब्द: स्पर्शो रसो गन्धो रूपं चेत्यर्थजातय: । गत्युक्त्युत्सर्गशिल्पानि कर्मायतनसिद्धय: ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

śabdaḥ sparśo raso gandho rūpaṁ cety artha-jātayaḥ gaty-ukty-utsarga-śilpāni karmāyatana-siddhayaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

śabdaḥ — sound; sparśaḥ — touch; rasaḥ — taste; gandhaḥ — fragrance; rūpam — form; ca — and; iti — thus; artha — of sense objects; jātayaḥ — the categories; gati — movement; ukti — speech; utsarga — excretion (by both the genitals and anus); śilpāni — and manufacture; karma-āyatana — by the above-mentioned working senses; siddhayaḥ — accomplished.

Translation

“Sound, touch, taste, smell and form are the objects of the knowledge-acquiring senses, and movement, speech, excretion and manufacture are functions of the working senses.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
Here the word utsarga refers to evacuation by the genitals and anus, and thus constitutes two elements. In this way ten elements are listed here in two sets of five.