इन्द्रियेभ्यः परा ह्यर्था अर्थेभ्यश्च परं मनः । मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्बुद्धेरात्मा महान्परः ॥ १०॥

indriyebhyaḥ parā hyarthā arthebhyaśca paraṃ manaḥ । manasastu parā buddhirbuddherātmā mahānparaḥ ॥ 10॥

arthāḥ = the objects; parā hi = are higher indeed; indriyebhyaḥ = than the sense-organs; param ca = and superior arthebhyaḥ = to the sense-objects; manaḥ = is the mind; parā ca = and higher still; manasaḥ = than the mind; buddhiḥ = is the intellect; paraḥ = higher; buddheḥ = than the intellect; ātmā mahān = is the Great Self.