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Conquer Indriyas
Usually the five senses of perception and the five of action are counted along with the mind as eleven indriyas. The eleven rudra forms of Lord Shiva are the adhi-devatas, the deities pertaining to these senses. When we fast on the Ekadasi day (the eleventh day of the lunar cycle) it is for starving these eleven indriyas. Manu has said:
ekAdashaM mano jneyaM svaguNeno-bhayAtmakaM /
yasmin jite jitAvetau bhavataH panchakau gaNau //
(Manusmriti II – 92)
meaning, “Know the mind as the eleventh indriya, that has an interactive relationship with the pair of five indriyas each; Just by vanquishing that one, we would have conquered the other ten”.
Usually the five senses of perception and the five of action are counted along with the mind as eleven indriyas. The eleven rudra forms of Lord Shiva are the adhi-devatas, the deities pertaining to these senses. When we fast on the Ekadasi day (the eleventh day of the lunar cycle) it is for starving these eleven indriyas. Manu has said:
ekAdashaM mano jneyaM svaguNeno-bhayAtmakaM /
yasmin jite jitAvetau bhavataH panchakau gaNau //
(Manusmriti II – 92)
meaning, “Know the mind as the eleventh indriya, that has an interactive relationship with the pair of five indriyas each; Just by vanquishing that one, we would have conquered the other ten”.