there is touch.  The third is said to be Light.  As connected with the soul, it is known as the eye.  As connected with objects, it is colour; and the sun is its deity.  The fourth (entity) should be known as Water.  As connected with the soul, it is said to be the tongue.  As connected with objects, it is taste, and the presiding deity there is Soma.  The fifth entity is Earth.  As connected with the soul, it is said to be the nose.  As connected with objects, it is scent; and the presiding deity there is the wind.  Thus has the manner been declared of how the five entities are divided into sets of three.  After this I shall declare everything about the diverse (other) organs.  Brahmanas conversant with the truth say that the two feet are mentioned as connected with the soul.  As connected with objects, it is motion; and Vishnu is there the presiding deity.  The Apana wind, whose motion is downward, as connected with the soul, is called the lower duct.  As connected with objects, it is the excreta that is ejected; and the presiding deity there is Mitra.  As connected with the soul, the organ of generation is mentioned, the producer of all beings.  As connected with objects, it is the vital seed; and the presiding deity is Prajapati.  The two hands are mentioned as connected with the soul by persons conversant with the relations of the soul.  As connected with objects, it is actions; and the presiding deity there is Indra.  Next, connected with the soul is speech which relates to all the gods.  As connected with objects, it is what is spoken.  The presiding deity there is Agni.  As connected with the soul, the mind is mentioned, which moves within the soul of the five elements.[113] As connected with objects, it is the mental operation; and the presiding deity is Chandramas (moon).  As connected with the soul is Egoism, which is the cause of the whole course of worldly life.  As connected with objects, it is consciousness of self; and the presiding deity there is Rudra.  As connected with the soul is the understanding, which impels the six senses.  As connected with objects, it is that which is to be understood, and the presiding deity there is Brahma.  Three are the seats of all existent objects.  A fourth is not possible.  These are land, water, and ether.  The mode of birth is fourfold.  Some are born of eggs; some are born of germs which spring upwards, penetrating through the earth; some are born of filth; and some are born of fleshy balls in wombs.  Thus is the mode of birth seen to be of four kinds, of all living creatures.  Now, there are other inferior beings and likewise those that range the sky.  These should be known to be born of eggs as also those which crawl on their breasts.  Insects are said to be born of filth, as also other creatures of a like description.  This is said to be the second mode of birth and is inferior.  Those living creatures that take birth after the lapse of some time, bursting through the earth, are said to be germ-born beings, ye foremost