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A SHORT STORY


                             Mind, Tongue, Ear, Nose and Eye -


                                  Who is the Best of the Five?
                                    A Simple Lesson from Cha:ndo:gya Upanishath

                                         Complied By Prapanna Sarada Vaisaradi

                       Dear Kids,                            our body.


                       Cha:ndo:gya Upanishath is a           One fine morning all these sensory organs started a

                       big Upanishath which deals with       discussion competing with each other.  The tongue
        many secrets of our life. One of the stories from    (Va:gindriya) said, “Among us I am the important
        Cha:ndo:gya Upanishath reveals the secret about      one. It is only because of me that anyone can

        our body and its parts.  We know our body is         communicate. Without me one cannot talk and so
        an assembly of different organs like hands, feet,    I am the main organ.”  Immediately, the eye said,
        stomach, head etc  and some sensory organs           “No no I am the main organ. Without me one
        like eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin.  We know      can not see and can not do any activity.  Even our
        sensory organs are the organs useful to collect the   elder people say  - Sarve:ndriya:na:m nayanam

        knowledge of different objects. For example, eyes    pradha:nam - so, I am the most important one.”
        help us get the knowledge of shapes, colors and      Then came the Ear and said, “To get knowledge
        numbers. Ears are useful to get the knowledge of     from elder people one has to listen. Without me

        different sounds, music etc. Tongue is useful to get   nobody can listen anything, and so, I am the best
        the experience of different tastes and of course to   organ.”






















        talk. Nose helps us feel fragrance of flowers, food   In came the Manas (mind)! Manas is like a leader

        etc.   Through the skin we can feel the smooth or    for all these organs.  Without manas none of these
        hard touch, cold or heat, and the love shared by     sensory organs can work.  For example, ones mind
        mom and dad when they hug. In this way, man is       can drift away, although all the sense organs like

        assisted by the sensory organs in different parts of   Ears and Eyes are fully active! We often see this in a


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