उभयात्मकमत्र मनः संकल्पकमिन्द्रियं च साधर्म्यात् ।
गुणपरिणामविशेषान्नानात्वं बाह्यभेदाश्च ॥ २७ ॥

ubhayātmakamatra manaḥ saṁkalpakamindriyaṁ ca sādharmyāt ।
guṇapariṇāmaviśeṣānnānātvaṁ bāhyabhedāśca ॥ 27 ॥

Ubhayātmakam=possessing the nature of both; atra=here (related to the sense organs); manaḥ=mind; saṁkalpakam=determinative, ponders over; indriyaṁ=sense organ; ca=and; sādharmyāt=because of common properties; guṇa=three gunas; pariṇāma=transformation; viśeṣāt=special; nānātvaṁ=variety; bāhyabhedāḥ=due to difference of external forms; ca=and

Of the sense organs, the mind possesses the nature of both (the sensory and motor organs). It is the deliberating principle. It is also called a sense organ since it possesses the properties common to the sense organs. This diversity of the organs and the diversities of the external objects arise from the specific modifications of the three gunas.

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