वायोर्गुणविशेषोऽर्थो यस्य तत्स्पर्शनं विदुः ॥४७॥
nabho-guṇa-viśeṣo 'rtho
yasya tac chrotram ucyate
vÄyor guṇa-viÅ›eá¹£o 'rtho
yasya tat sparśanaṠviduḥ
1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(1)
nabhaḥ-guṇa-viÅ›eá¹£aḥ - the distinctive characteristic of sky (sound); arthaḥ - object of perception; yasya - whose; tat - that; Å›rotram - the auditory sense; ucyate - is called; vÄyoḥ guṇa-viÅ›eá¹£aḥ - the distinctive characteristic of air (touch); arthaḥ - object of perception; yasya - whose; tat - that; sparÅ›anam - the tactile sense; viduḥ - they know.
The sense whose object of perception is sound is called the auditory sense, and that whose object of perception is touch is called the tactile sense.
Sound is one of the qualifications of the sky and is the subject matter for hearing. Similarly, touch is the qualification of the air and is the subject of the touch sensation.
