The fivefold attributes, (viz., sound, etc.) dwell in the five principal elements. Those fivefold objects of the senses (viz., space, etc.,) live in the (five) senses, All these again follow the mind. The mind follows the Understanding, and the Understanding follows That which exists in its true and pure nature, viz., the Supreme Self.
महत्सु भूतेषु वसन्ति पञ्च पञ्चेन्द्रियार्थाश्च तथेन्द्रियाणि। सर्वाणि चैतानि मनोऽनुगानि बुद्धिं मनोऽन्वेति मतिः स्वभावम्॥