महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-177, verse-15

पादैः सलिलपानं च व्याधीनामपि दर्शनम् ।
व्याधिप्रतिक्रियत्वाच्च विद्यते रसनं द्रुमे ॥१५॥

15. pādaiḥ salilapānaṁ ca vyādhīnāmapi darśanam ,
vyādhipratikriyatvācca vidyate rasanaṁ drume.

15. pādaiḥ salilapānaṃ ca vyādhīnām api darśanam
vyādhipratikriyatvāt ca vidyate rasanam drume

15. drume pādaiḥ salilapānaṃ ca vyādhīnām api
darśanam ca vyādhipratikriyatvāt rasanam vidyate

15. Trees drink water through their roots, and they also perceive diseases. Furthermore, because they react to and can be treated for diseases, the sense of taste (rasana) is present in a tree.

Words meanings summery:

• पादैः (pādaiḥ) - by the roots (of a tree) (by feet, by roots)

• सलिलपानं (salilapānaṁ) - drinking water, act of drinking water

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• व्याधीनाम् (vyādhīnām) - of diseases

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• दर्शनम् (darśanam) - perception (of diseases) (sight, perception, seeing)

• व्याधिप्रतिक्रियत्वात् (vyādhipratikriyatvāt) - because of the treatment for diseases (because of the act of remedying/treating diseases)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is present (exists, is found, is present)

• रसनम् (rasanam) - the sense of taste (rasana) (taste, the act of tasting, the tongue)

• द्रुमे (drume) - in the tree

Words meanings and morphology

पादैः (pādaiḥ) - by the roots (of a tree) (by feet, by roots)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, root (of a tree), quarter, section

सलिलपानं (salilapānaṁ) - drinking water, act of drinking water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salilapāna

salilapāna - drinking water

Compound type : tatpurusha (salila+pāna)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• pāna – drinking, act of drinking
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root pā 'to drink'
  Root: pā (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

व्याधीनाम् (vyādhīnām) - of diseases

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vyādhi

vyādhi - disease, illness, ailment

From vi-Ā-DHĀ 'to place apart' or 'to affect adversely'

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

दर्शनम् (darśanam) - perception (of diseases) (sight, perception, seeing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, perception, vision, philosophical system

Derived from root dṛś 'to see'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

व्याधिप्रतिक्रियत्वात् (vyādhipratikriyatvāt) - because of the treatment for diseases (because of the act of remedying/treating diseases)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vyādhipratikriyatva

vyādhipratikriyatva - the state or fact of being a remedy for diseases, reaction to disease

Derived from vyādhipratikriyā + -tva (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyādhi+pratikriyā+tva)

• vyādhi – disease, illness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• pratikriyā – remedy, counter-action, treatment
  noun (feminine)
  From prati-kṛ 'to act against'
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• tva – state, condition, -ness, -hood (abstract suffix)
  indeclinable (neuter)
  Abstract noun suffix

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is present (exists, is found, is present)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

From root vid 'to be', Class 4 (divādi)

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Denotes existence.

रसनम् (rasanam) - the sense of taste (rasana) (taste, the act of tasting, the tongue)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rasana

rasana - taste, sense of taste, tongue, juice, essence

From root ras 'to taste'

Root: ras (class 1)

द्रुमे (drume) - in the tree

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree

Root: dru