The nose, the tongue, the eye, the skin, the mind, and the understanding, never succeed in apprehending sounds. It is the ear alone which apprehends them.
घ्राण जिह्वा च चक्षुश्च वाङ्मनो बुद्धिरेव च। न शब्दानधिगच्छन्ति श्रोत्रं तानधिगच्छति॥