Tattva Bodha -9

Pañca kośā – The five sheaths   18\. पञ्च कोशाः के ? अन्नमयः  प्राणमयः  मनोमयः  विज्ञानमयः  आनन्दमयश्चेति ।   pañca kośāḥ ke ? annamayaḥ prāṇamayaḥ manomayaḥ vijñānamayaḥ ānandamayaśceti .   What are the five sheaths? They are Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya. annamaya kośā – The food sheath 19\.   अन्नमयः कः ? अन्नरसेनैव भूत्वा  अन्नरसेनैव वृद्धिं प्राप्य  अन्नरूपपृथिव्यां यद्विलीयते  तदन्नमयः कोशः स्थूलशरीरम् ।   annamayaḥ kaḥ ? annarasenaiva bhūtvā annarasenaiva vṛddhiṃ prāpya annarūpapṛthivyāṃ yadvilīyate tadannamayaḥ kośaḥ sthūlaśarīram .   What is annamaya kośā? That which is born from the essence of food, grows by the essence of food and merges into the earth, which is of the nature of food is called the food sheath or the gross body.   prāṇamaya kośā – The vital air sheath प्राणमयः कः ? प्राणाद्याः पञ्चवायवः  वागादीन्द्रियपञ्चकं मिलित्वा यो भवति प्राणमयः कोशः ।   prāṇamayaḥ kaḥ ? prāṇādyāḥ pañcavāyavaḥ vāgādīndriyapañcakaṃ prāṇamayaḥ kośaḥ .   What is Prāṇamayaḥ kośaḥ? The five physiological functions like prana, etc., and the five organs of action like speech etc., together form the vital air sheath.   manomaya kośā – The mental sheath 21\.   मनोमयः  कः ? मनश्च  ज्ञानेन्द्रियपञ्चकं  मिलित्वा यो भवति  स मनोमयः कोशः । manomayaḥ kośaḥ kaḥ ?   manaśca jñānendriyapañcakaṃ militvā yo bhavati sa manomayaḥ kośaḥ .   What is Manomayaḥ kośaḥ?The mind and the five sense organs of perception together form the mental sheath.   vijñānamaya kośā – The intellectual sheath 22\.   विज्ञानमयः कः ? बुद्धिज्ञानेन्द्रियपञ्चकं  मिलित्वा यो भवति  स विज्ञानमयः कोशः vijñānamayaḥ kaḥ ?   buddhijñānendriyapañcakaṃ militvā yo bhavati sa vijñānamayaḥ kośaḥ .   What is Vijñānamayaḥ kośaḥ? The intellect and the five sense organs of perception together is the intellectual sheath. It is subtle, and pervades the former three sheaths. It controls the other three. It constitutes the intellect and the five sense organs or perception. The five senses are common to both the mental and intellectual sheaths as perception involves both the mind and the intellect.   ānandamaya kośā – The intellectual sheath आनन्दमयः कः ? एवमेव कारणशरीरभूत अविद्यास्थमलिनसत्त्वं प्रियादिवृत्तिसहितं सत्  आनन्दमयः कोशः । एतत्कोशपञ्चकम् ।   ānandamayaḥ kaḥ ? evameva kāraṇa śarīra bhūtāvidyāstha malina sattvaṃ priyādivṛttisahitaṃ sat ānandamayaḥ kośaḥ . etatkośapañcakam .   What is Anandamaya kośaḥ? Established in ignorance, which is of the form of the causal body, of impure nature, united with thoughts like priya etc., is the bliss sheath. These are the five sheaths.   pañcakośātita – Beyond the five sheaths   मदीयं शरीरं मदीयाः प्राणाः मदीयं मनश्च मदीया बुद्धिर्मदीयं अज्ञानमिति स्वेनैव ज्ञायते तद्यथा मदीयत्वेन ज्ञातं कटककुण्डल गृहादिकं स्वस्माद्भिन्नं तथा पञ्चकोशादिकं स्वस्माद्भिन्नम् मदीयत्वेन ज्ञातमात्मा न भवति ॥   madīyaṃ śarīraṃ madīyāḥ prāṇāḥ madīyaṃ manaśca madīyā buddhirmadīyaṃ ajñānamiti svenaiva jñāyate tadyathā madīyatvena jñātaṃ kaṭakakuṇḍala gṛhādikaṃ svasmādbhinnaṃ tathā pañcakośādikaṃ svasmādbhinnam madīyatvena jñātamātmā na bhavati ..   Just as bangles, earrings, house etc., known as ‘mine are all other than knower ‘me’, so too, the five sheaths etc., are known by the self as my body, my pranas, my mind, my intellect, and my knowledge and are therefore not the self.