The Compendium of Caraka 4.3.15_2

4.3.15_2

athātrāpi buddhirevaṃ syāt---svenaivāyamātmā cakṣuṣā rūpāṇi vetti, śrotreṇa śabdān, ghrāṇena gandhān, rasanena rasān, sparśanena sparśān, buddhyā boddhavyamityanena hetunā na jaḍādibhyo jātāḥ pitṛsadṛśā bhavanti/

Now if it be thought here: this self perceives forms with its own eye, sounds with its ear, smells with its nose, tastes with its tongue, touches with its skin, and the knowable with its intellect—for this reason, those born from the dull and the like are not similar to their parents;