महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-239

क्रियागुणानां सर्वेषामिदमाख्यानमाश्रयः ।
इन्द्रियाणां समस्तानां चित्रा इव मनःक्रियाः ॥२३९॥

239. kriyāguṇānāṁ sarveṣāmidamākhyānamāśrayaḥ ,
indriyāṇāṁ samastānāṁ citrā iva manaḥkriyāḥ.

239. kriyāguṇānām sarveṣām idam ākhyānam āśrayaḥ
indriyāṇām samastānām citrāḥ iva manaḥkriyāḥ

239. This narrative is the foundation for all actions and qualities, just as diverse mental activities are the foundation for all the senses.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रियागुणानाम् (kriyāguṇānām) - of actions and qualities

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• इदम् (idam) - this (narrative) (this)

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - this narrative/epic (narrative, story, epic)

• आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - foundation, support (refuge, support, abode, foundation)

• इन्द्रियाणाम् (indriyāṇām) - of the senses (of the senses/sense organs)

• समस्तानाम् (samastānām) - of all (the senses) (of all, of the entire, of the whole)

• चित्राः (citrāḥ) - diverse, various (diverse, various, wonderful, brilliant)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• मनःक्रियाः (manaḥkriyāḥ) - mental activities (mental activities, functions of the mind)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रियागुणानाम् (kriyāguṇānām) - of actions and qualities

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kriyāguṇa

kriyāguṇa - actions and qualities (dvandva compound), qualities of action

Compound type : dvandva (kriyā+guṇa)

• kriyā – action, rite, performance
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  from √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, virtue, strand
  noun (masculine)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Genitive plural, masculine

इदम् (idam) - this (narrative) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Nominative singular of idam (neuter)

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - this narrative/epic (narrative, story, epic)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, epic

action noun

Derived from √khyā (to tell) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - foundation, support (refuge, support, abode, foundation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśraya

āśraya - refuge, support, asylum, abode, foundation

action noun

from ā + √śri (to resort to, depend on)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

इन्द्रियाणाम् (indriyāṇām) - of the senses (of the senses/sense organs)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense, sense-organ, faculty

Root: ind

समस्तानाम् (samastānām) - of all (the senses) (of all, of the entire, of the whole)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of samasta

samasta - all, whole, entire; compounded

past participle

from sam + √as (to be) or sam + √mas (to measure)

Prefix: sam

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Genitive plural, neuter

चित्राः (citrāḥ) - diverse, various (diverse, various, wonderful, brilliant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of citra

citra - bright, clear, various, wonderful, strange, pictured

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

मनःक्रियाः (manaḥkriyāḥ) - mental activities (mental activities, functions of the mind)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of manaḥkriyā

manaḥkriyā - mental activity, function of the mind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+kriyā)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• kriyā – action, activity, function
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  from √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)