Sanskrit: ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि च मनश्च मनोमायाः स्यात् कोशो ममाहमिति वस्तुविकल्पहेतुः । ज्ञादिभेदकलनाकलितो बलीयांस् तत्पूर्वकोशमभिपूर्य विजृम्भते यः 
English:  The organs of knowledge together with the mind form the mental sheath – the cause of the diversity of things such as ‘I’ and ‘mine’. It is powerful and endued with the faculty of creating differences of name etc., It manifests itself as permeating the preceding, i.e. the vital sheath.