(paṇḍitāḥ)–The wise; āhuḥ–say that; indriyāṇi parāṇi–the senses are superior; (viṣayebhyaḥ)–to matter; manaḥ–the mind; param–is superior; indriyebhyaḥ–to the senses; buddhiḥ–the intelligence or faculty of decision; parā–is superior; manasaḥ tu–to the mind, too; yaḥ– and that which; parataḥ–is superior; buddheḥ tu–to even the intelligence; saḥ–is he—the jīva—the soul. [42]

It is said by the wise that the senses are superior to matter, the mind is superior to the senses, and the intelligence is superior to the mind; and the soul is superior to even the intelligence.