Keepश्रोत्रं वै ग्रहः ।स शब्देनातिग्रहेण गृहीतः ।श्रोत्रेण हि शब्दाञ्शृणोति ॥३,२.६ ॥Word by word (10)In plain wordsThe ear is a grasper, and it is grasped by sound as the over-grasper; for by the ear one hears sounds.