Chapter 15 · Verse 9 · Purushottama Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 15.9
Sanskrit
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
Transliteration
śhrotraṁ chakṣhuḥ sparśhanaṁ cha rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva cha adhiṣhṭhāya manaśh chāyaṁ viṣhayān upasevate
In plain words
You are not your racing thoughts, your worry about the future, your obsessive replaying of the past—and you are not even your five senses pulling you in different directions. Krishna says: there is a witnessing presence in you, older than your anxiety, that simply observes all of it without being swept away. When you can rest there, even for a breath, you touch something in yourself that cannot be shaken.
Word by Word
The Supreme Being animates all our senses—ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell—and through the coordinating mind, we experience the entire sensory world. This verse reveals that consciousness itself is the indwelling witness of all perception; the senses are merely instruments through which the eternal Self explores creation.
When you observe your own sensory experience without being swept away by desire, you begin to recognize the silent awareness that perceives all—this is the first step toward liberation from bondage to the world.
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Bhagavad Gita 15.9 — BG 15.9
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