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All knowledge leaves that person

Whose even a single sense is uncontrolled,

Just as water drains away from a leaking water vessel.

Manu Smruti, II.99

We have five sense organs - sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell - and five organs of action -

tongue, hands, feet, excretion and procreation. They are under control of our mind. Our minds are under the control of discriminatory intelligence which tells us what is good and what is not good for us.

न जातु कामः कामान उपभोगेन शा त ।

हिवषा कृ व

इवभूय एव अ भवधते ॥

Desires are not satisfied (quenched) by their enjoyment.

Like pouring ghee (clarified butter) over fire it makes them