श्रोत्रं होच्चक्राम तत्संवत्सरं प्रोष्य पर्येत्योवाच कथमशकतर्ते मज्जीवितुमिति यथा बधिरा अशृण्वन्तः प्राणन्तः प्राणेन वदन्तो वाचा पश्यन्तश्चक्षुषा ध्यायन्तो मनसैवमिति प्रविवेश ह श्रोत्रम् ॥ ५.१.१० ॥
In plain words
The ear went out. Having stayed away a year, it came back and said, "How could you live without me?" They said, "As deaf men live, not hearing but breathing with the breath, speaking with speech, seeing with the eye, thinking with the mind — so." And the ear entered in again.