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प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 5, Verse 9
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Speaking, letting go, seizing, opening, and closing the eyes, one should be convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: whether speaking, giving, receiving, opening or closing the eyes, the wise understand that only the senses are engaged with their objects, not the deeper self, extending the previous verse's insight to nearly every ordinary action.

In life: you can perform routine tasks all day, talking, handling things, without your deeper sense of who you are actually being at stake in any of it.

Teaching: practice noticing the difference between mechanical, routine action and moments that genuinely engage your deeper values, you don't need to invest identity in every single small task.

pralapanby talking
visṛjanby giving up
gṛhṇanby accepting
unmiṣanopening
nimiṣanclosing
apiin spite of
indriyāṇithe senses
indriya-artheṣuin sense gratification
vartantelet them be so engaged
itithus
dhārayanconsidering.

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
5.9 प्रलपन् speaking? विसृजन् letting go? गृह्णन् seizing? उन्मिषन् opening (the eyes)? निमिषन् closing (the eyes)? अपि also? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? इन्द्रियार्थेषु amongst the senseobjects? वर्तन्ते move? इति thus? धारयन् being convinced.Commentary The liberated sage or a Jnani always remains as a witness of the activities of the senses as he identifies himself with the Self or Brahman. He thinks and says? I do not see the eyes perceive. I do not hear the ears hear. I do not smell? the nose smells? etc. He beholds,inaction in action as he has burnt his actions in the fire of wisdom. (Cf.XIV.1923)