Verse 253

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US-P16.003ab ।US-P16.003cd ॥

In plain words

The organs of action beginning with speech are meant for worldly tasks, while the senses serve comprehension. Within dwells the mind as the eleventh faculty, designed to weigh every alternative.

Close to the Sanskrit

They say these [sense-organs] are for understanding, and speech and hands for action; for doubting them, the mind situated within should be the eleventh.