BG 15.9
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च ।
अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥
अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥
śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ ca rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva ca
adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaṁ viṣayān upasevate
adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaṁ viṣayān upasevate
Word-for-word meanings
adhiṣṭhāya — presiding over; śrotram — [the senses of] hearing; cakṣuḥ — sight; ca — and; sparśanam — touch; rasanam — taste; eva ca — and; ghrāṇam — smell; ca — as well as; manaḥ — the mind; ayam — he [the living being]; upasevate — experientially appropriates; viṣayān — the sense objects.
Translation
Presiding over the senses of hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell, as well as the mind, the living being experientially appropriates the sense objects.