Verse 2.92

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

एकादशं मनो ज्ञेयं स्वगुणेनौभयात्मकम् ।
यस्मिन् जिते जितावेतौ भवतः पञ्चकौ गणौ ॥ ९२ ॥

ekādaśaṃ mano jñeyaṃ svaguṇenaubhayātmakam |
yasmin jite jitāvetau bhavataḥ pañcakau gaṇau || 92 ||

The Mind is to be regarded as the eleventh, which, by its own quality, is of two-fold nature; and on this being subdued, both the aforesaid five-mentioned groups become subdued.—(92)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

The Mind is what completes the number, which is the number of sense-organs.

The ‘own quality’ of Mind is volition, desire; it is with the Mind that people will or desire both what is good and what is bad. [This is what is meant by its being ‘of twofold nature’]. Or, the Mind may be regarded as ‘of two-fold nature’ in the sense that it partakes of the character of both sets of organs—those of sensation as well as those of action; as the functioning of both these sets of organs is rooted in volition.

‘On this being subdued,’ both five-membered groups,—i.e., the group of the organs of sensation, as well as that of the organs of action, which have been described above,—become subdued.

This only describes a real fact.—(92)

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(Verses 89-92)

See Comparative notes for Verse 2.89.