bodhyamanasya rsibhir
atmanas taj jighrksatah
karnau ca nirabhidyetam
disah srotram guna-grahah
bodhyamanasya -- desiring to understand; rsibhih -- by the authorities; atmanah -- of the Supreme Being; tat -- that; jighrksatah -- when He desired to take up; karnau -- the ears; ca -- also; nirabhidyetam -- became manifested; disah -- the direction or the god of air; srotram -- the power of hearing; guna-grahah -- and the objects of hearing.
