Shanti Parva 310.8
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 310 · Verse 8
Sanskrit Original
अव्यक्तं च महान्तं च तथाहङ्कार एव च। पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम्॥ एताः प्रकृतयस्त्वष्टौ विकारानपि मे शृणु। श्रोत्रं त्वक्चैव चक्षुश्च जिह्वा घ्राणं च पञ्चमम्॥ शब्दः स्पर्शच रूपं च रसो गन्धस्तथैव च। वाक् च हस्तौ च पादौ च पायुर्मेद्रं तथैव च॥
The Unmanifest, Greatness, Consciousness and the five subtile elements of Earth, Wind, Ether, water, and Light, these eight are known by the name of Nature. Listen now to the enumeration of those called changes. They are the ear, the skin, the eye, the tongue' and the nose; and sound, touch, form, taste, and scent, as also speech, the two arins, the two feet, the lower duct (within the body), and the organ of pleasure.