They say the senses are supreme; beyond the senses is the mind; Beyond the mind is the understanding (buddhi); but what is beyond the understanding (buddhi), that is He.
Men say that the senses are superior to their objects, the mind superior to the senses, understanding superior to the mind; higher than understanding is the self.
(42) Exalted are the senses, or so they say; higher than the senses is the mind; yet higher than the mind the soul: what is beyond the soul is he.
3.42 They say that the organs are superior (to the gross body); the mind is superior to the organs; but the intellect is superior to the mind. However, the one who is superior to the intellect is He.
3.42 The senses are high, they say: the mind is higher than the senses; the intellect is higher than the mind; but what is greater than intellect is that (desire).
3.42 They say that the senses are superior (to the body); superior to the senses is the mind; superior to the mind is the intellect; one who is superior even to the intellect is He (the Self).