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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.6.18
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- tvacam asya vinirbhinnāṁ
- viviśur dhiṣṇyam oṣadhīḥ
- aṁśena romabhiḥ kaṇḍūṁ
- yair asau pratipadyate
tvacamskin — skin; asyaof the gigantic form — of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnāmbeing separately manifested — being separately manifested; viviśuḥentered — entered; dhiṣṇyamthe controlling deity — the controlling deity; oṣadhīḥsensations — sensations; aṁśenawith parts — with parts; romabhiḥthrough the hairs on the body — through the hairs on the body; kaṇḍūmitching — itching; yaiḥby which — by which; asauthe living entity — the living entity; pratipadyateexperiences — experiences.
When there was a separate manifestation of skin, the controlling deities of sensations and their different parts entered into it, and thus the living entities feel itching and happiness due to touch.
For sense perception there are two principal items, touch and itching, and both of them are controlled by the skin and hairs on the body. According to Śrī Viśvanātha Cakravartī, the controlling deity of touch is the air passing within the body, and the controlling deity of the hairs on the body is Oṣadhya. For the skin the object of perception is touch, and for the hairs on the body the object of perception is itching.