Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga, verse 9
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।
अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥
Say itśhrotraṁ chakṣhuḥ sparśhanaṁ cha rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva cha
adhiṣhṭhāya manaśh chāyaṁ viṣhayān upasevate
Translation
Presiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and mind, it enjoys the objects of the senses.
Swami Sivananda
This one enjoys the objects by presiding over the ears, eyes, skin, tongue, nose, and mind.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Presiding over the ear, the eye, the sense of touch, the tongue, the nose, and the mind, It experiences these objects of the senses.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Presiding over the ear, the eye, the sense of touch, the sense of taste, the sense of smell, and the mind, He enjoys the sense objects.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste, the smell, and the mind; and the enjoyment of the things they perceive is also His.
Shri Purohit Swami
यह जीवात्मा मनका आश्रय लेकर श्रोत्र, नेत्र, त्वचा, रसना और घ्राण -- इन पाँचों इन्द्रियोंके द्वारा विषयोंका सेवन करता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
(यह जीव) श्रोत्र, चक्षु, स्पर्शेन्द्रिय, रसना और घ्राण (नाक) इन इन्द्रियों तथा मन को आश्रय करके अर्थात् इनके द्वारा विषयों का सेवन करता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.