It is the Understanding which is transformed into the (five) attributes. It is the Understanding also which is transformed into the (five) senses with the mind for the sixth. Where the attributes when the Understanding is nowhere? are Own
गुणान् नेनीयते बुद्धिर्बुद्धिरेवेन्द्रियाण्यपि। मनःषष्ठानि सर्वाणि बुद्ध्यभावे कुतो गुणाः॥