Bhagavata Purana 6.1.50
Srimad Bhagavatam · 1 · Verse 50
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Sanskrit Original
पञ्चभि: कुरुते स्वार्थान् पञ्च वेदाथ पञ्चभि: । एकस्तु षोडशेन त्रीन् स्वयं सप्तदशोऽश्नुते ॥ ५० ॥
pañcabhiḥ kurute svārthān pañca vedātha pañcabhiḥ ekas tu ṣoḍaśena trīn svayaṁ saptadaśo ’śnute
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Above the five senses of perception, the five working senses and the five objects of the senses is the mind, which is the sixteenth element. Above the mind is the seventeenth element, the soul, the living being himself, who, in cooperation with the other sixteen, enjoys the material world alone. The living being enjoys three kinds of situations, namely happy, distressful and mixed.