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Indriya means senses. There are ten Indriya and above them is Man (mind) which controls them.

There are five Gyaan Indriya which help us in attaining knowledge, and there are five Karm Indriya which help us in doing our Karm (actions)

Five Gyaan Indriya are: (1) Eyes by which we see, (2) Ears by which we hear, (3) Skin by which we touch, (4) Nose by which we smell, and (5) tongue by which we taste.

These five Gyaan Indriya have their pleasures also: Eyes want to see good beautiful things; Ears want o hear sweet talks, or music; Skin wants to touch soft things; Nose wants to smell sweet smells, fragrances etc; and Tongue wants to taste good food and to talk. When a person becomes a slave of even one Indriya, he goes astray, because he cannot control himself to stop enjoying that pleasure.

That is why our Hindu Dharm first teaches to control these Indriya so that one can ignore the worldly pleasures, because your mind can go only to two sides - to the world or to God. It means if you want to love God, you must leave to love this world.

Five Karm Indriya are: (1) Hands by which we do our Karm (actions), (2) Feet by which we walk, (3) Anus by which we excrete, (4) Mouth by which we eat and drink, (5) 

And all these Indriya are controlled through Man (mind).

Gun Vibhaag and Karm Vibhaag

Now all these ten Indriyaan, their five pleasures, three Gun Maayaa's five Mahaabhoot, Man (mind), Buddhi (intelligence), Ahankaar all jointly are called "Gun Vibhaag" and their actions are called "Karm Vibhaag"

When somebody knows Aatmaa (soul) separate from "Gun Vibhaag" and "karm Vibhaag" he is said to know about Tattva (element).

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