sanaka-adayah ucuh -- the sages headed by Sanaka said; guneshu -- in the sense objects; avisate -- directly enters; cetah -- the mind; gunah -- the sense objects; cetasi -- within the mind; ca -- also (enter); prabho -- O Lord; katham -- what is the process; anyonya -- of the mutual relationship between the sense objects and the mind; santyagah -- renunciation; mumukshoh -- of one desiring liberation; atititirshoh -- of one desiring to cross over sense gratification.

The sages headed by Sanaka said: O Lord, people's minds are naturally attracted to material sense objects, and similarly the sense objects in the form of desire enter within the mind. Therefore, how can a person who desires liberation, who desires to cross over activities of sense gratification, destroy this mutual relationship between the sense objects and the mind? Please explain this to us.