Verse 448

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एकादशद्वारवतीह देहेसौधे महाराज इवाक्षवर्गैः ।संसेव्यमानो विषयोपभोगा -नुपाधिसंस्थो बुभुजेऽयमात्मा ॥ ४४८ ॥

In plain words

The body is a palace with eleven gates, and here inside it this Self sat like a great king, the whole company of the senses waiting on him. Seated in the upādhi, he took his fill of the pleasures the objects brought in.

Close to the Sanskrit

Here, in this body — a mansion possessing eleven doors — like a great king being served by the companies of the senses, this Self, seated in the limiting adjunct, enjoyed the enjoyments of sense objects.