pañca – five
ālocana – perceiving/beholding/observing
vṛtti – fluctuations
vacana – speaking
ādāna – grasping/handling
viharaṇa – moving
utsarga – elimination/excretion
ānanda – pleasure/procreation
Five of them perceive specific kinds of objects and five are active.
- The five knowing objects-of-sense perceive. Each object-of-sense reacts to only a specific kind of object and not other kinds of objects (see verse 26). For example, the eye observes form but not smell or taste.
- The functions of the five action of objects-of-sense are speaking, handling, walking, excretion and procreation.
