Sanskrit: पञ्चेन्द्रियैः पञ्चभिरेव होतृभिः प्रचीयमानो विषयाज्यधारया । ज्वल्यमानो बहुवासनेन्धनैः मनोमयाग्निर्दहति प्रपञ्चम् 
English:  The mental sheath is the (sacrificial) fire which, fed with the fuel of numerous desires by the five sense-organs which serve as priests, and set ablaze by the sense- objects which act as the stream of oblations, brings about this phenomenal universe.