Verse 2.431

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

बाह्येन्द्रियाणामध्यात्मं संहतिर्येह लक्ष्यते ।
एकार्थवृत्तिरूपेण सा दृष्टाऽसंहते सति ॥ ४३१ ॥

bāhyendriyāṇāmadhyātmaṃ saṃhatiryeha lakṣyate |
ekārthavṛttirūpeṇa sā dṛṣṭā'saṃhate sati || 431 ||

English translation of verse 2.431:

What is known as the human body, which is a conglomeration of the external senses, is seen functioning (as a unity) for the purpose (of enjoyment) of a person; and this holds good only if the person concerned is not a part of the conglomeration.

Notes:

Any object like a cot or a structure like a house, which is a collection of a number of materials, is intended for the enjoyment of a person who is different from it and who does not form a part of the materials which constitute the object. Such an object or a structure does not come into existence of its own accord. It has come into being because someone, an intelligent being, built it, and yet did not form a part of it. Similarly, the human body which is constituted by the senseorgans, the vital force, and the internal organ, is intended for the enjoyment of a person who is different from, and does not form a part of, the conglomeration. This also serves to prove the existence of Brahman which is consciousness. The argument can be stated in the form of an inference as follows: The conglomeration called the human body is for the benefit of consciousness which does not form a part of it, because it is a conglomeration like a cot, and whatever is a conglomeration is for the benefit of consciousness which does not form a part of it.