महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-177, verse-6

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
पञ्चभिर्यदि भूतैस्तु युक्ताः स्थावरजङ्गमाः ।
स्थावराणां न दृश्यन्ते शरीरे पञ्च धातवः ॥६॥

6. bharadvāja uvāca ,
pañcabhiryadi bhūtaistu yuktāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ ,
sthāvarāṇāṁ na dṛśyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ.

6. bharadvājaḥ uvāca pañcabhiḥ yadi bhūtaiḥ tu yuktāḥ
sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāṇām na dṛśyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ

6. bharadvājaḥ uvāca yadi tu sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ pañcabhiḥ
bhūtaiḥ yuktāḥ sthāvarāṇām śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ na dṛśyante

6. Bharadvāja said: "If indeed stationary and mobile beings are endowed with the five elements (bhūta), then why are the five constituents (dhātu) not visible in the bodies (śarīra) of stationary entities?"

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five

• यदि (yadi) - if

• भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by the five great elements (by the elements, by the beings)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - endowed with, joined, connected

• स्थावरजङ्गमाः (sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ) - all stationary and mobile beings (e.g., plants and animals) (stationary and mobile (creatures/things))

• स्थावराणाम् (sthāvarāṇām) - of immobile entities like plants (of the stationary ones, of plants)

• न (na) - not

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are visibly manifest (they are seen, they appear)

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - the five fundamental constituents (referring to the bhūtas) (elements, constituents, principles)

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - name of a celebrated ancient sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

root 'vac' with reduplication, past tense

Root: vac (class 2)

पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtaiḥ'.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by the five great elements (by the elements, by the beings)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - element, being, creature, existing

past passive participle

from root 'bhū' (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the five great elements.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the condition.

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - endowed with, joined, connected

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, yoked, endowed with, fit, attentive

past passive participle

from root 'yuj' (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ'.

स्थावरजङ्गमाः (sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ) - all stationary and mobile beings (e.g., plants and animals) (stationary and mobile (creatures/things))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthāvarajaṅgama

sthāvarajaṅgama - stationary and mobile, animate and inanimate

Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)

• sthāvara – stationary, immobile, fixed (e.g., plants, mountains)
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• jaṅgama – mobile, moving (e.g., animals)
  adjective (masculine)
  from root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the conditional clause.

स्थावराणाम् (sthāvarāṇām) - of immobile entities like plants (of the stationary ones, of plants)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - stationary, immobile, fixed (e.g., plants, mountains)

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'dṛśyante'.

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - they are visibly manifest (they are seen, they appear)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

present passive

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

Note: Specifies the location.

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'dhātavaḥ'.

धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - the five fundamental constituents (referring to the bhūtas) (elements, constituents, principles)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhātu

dhātu - element, constituent, primary substance, root (of a word), mineral

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'dṛśyante'.