Verse 357

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मनो ह्यमुष्य प्रवणस्य हेतु -रन्तर्बहिश्चार्थमनेन वेत्ति ।शृणोति जिघ्रत्यमुनैव चेक्षतेवक्ति स्पृशत्यत्ति करोति सर्वम् ॥ ३५७ ॥

In plain words

The mind is indeed the driving force behind this embodied seeker. Through it alone, inclined outward or turned within, he knows every object—hearing, smelling, seeing, speaking, touching, tasting, and performing all actions.

Close to the Sanskrit

Indeed the mind is the cause for that inclined person, by it he knows objects both internally and externally. Hearing, smelling, through this very mind he sees, speaks, touches, eats, and does everything.