श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
śhrotraṁ chakṣhuḥ sparśhanaṁ cha rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva cha adhiṣhṭhāya manaśh chāyaṁ viṣhayān upasevate
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Sanskrit to English Translation
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: presiding over the ear, eye, touch, taste, and smell, as well as the mind, the Self enjoys the sense objects, describing ordinary sensory engagement with the world as something the deeper self actively presides over rather than being merely a passive recipient of.
In life: you have more agency in how you engage with your own senses and daily experiences than a purely passive, reactive stance would suggest, presiding over an experience is a more active relationship than simply being subjected to it.
Teaching: practice relating to your own sensory experience, what you eat, see, hear, touch today, as something you're actively presiding over rather than passively receiving, that shift in framing changes how deliberately you actually engage with ordinary moments.