These five properties, viz., form scent, taste, touch, and sound, are not really perceived by the senses, but it is the Soul that apprehends them through the senses.
रूपं गन्धं रसं स्पर्श चैवाथ तद्गुणान्। इन्द्रियाणि न बुध्यन्ते क्षेत्रज्ञस्तैस्तु बुध्यते॥