Verses on Sāṃkhya 25.4

25.4

abhimāno 'haṅkāra iti | rūpe aham rase aham gandhe aham, ahaṃ vidvān, ahaṃ darśanīya ityevamādy abhimāno 'haṅkāraḥ | tasmāt abhimānalakṣaṇād ahaṅkārād dvividhaḥ pravartate sargaḥ | sarga iti sṛṣṭeḥ paryāyaḥ | kaś cāsau sargaḥ? tad ucyate | aindriya ekādaśakaḥ | śrotrādīnīndriyāṇi manaḥparyantāni | tanmātrapañcakaś caiva | tanmātrāṇy atra śabdādīni gandhaparyantāni | evam ekādaśendriyāṇi pañcatanmātrāṇi cotpannāni //

Regarding "Egoity is self-assertion": egoity is self-assertion such as "I am concerned with form, I with taste, I with odor; I am learned; I am handsome." From that egoity characterized by self-assertion proceeds a twofold creation. "Creation" is a synonym for production. And what is that creation? It is stated: the elevenfold set of faculties—the faculties beginning with the ear and ending with the mind; and the fivefold set of subtle elements—the subtle elements here are those beginning with sound and ending with odor. Thus, the eleven faculties and the five subtle elements are produced. //