महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-177, verse-8

न शृण्वन्ति न पश्यन्ति न गन्धरसवेदिनः ।
न च स्पर्शं विजानन्ति ते कथं पाञ्चभौतिकाः ॥८॥

8. na śṛṇvanti na paśyanti na gandharasavedinaḥ ,
na ca sparśaṁ vijānanti te kathaṁ pāñcabhautikāḥ.

8. na śṛṇvanti na paśyanti na gandharasavedinaḥ na
ca sparśam vijānanti te katham pāñcabhautikāḥ

8. te na śṛṇvanti na paśyanti na gandharasavedinaḥ
na ca sparśam vijānanti katham pāñcabhautikāḥ

8. They neither hear nor see, nor do they perceive smell and taste, nor do they recognize touch. How, then, can they be composed of the five [basic] elements?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• शृण्वन्ति (śṛṇvanti) - they hear

• न (na) - not

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see

• न (na) - not

• गन्धरसवेदिनः (gandharasavedinaḥ) - perceivers of smell and taste

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• स्पर्शम् (sparśam) - touch, contact

• विजानन्ति (vijānanti) - they know, they recognize

• ते (te) - they

• कथम् (katham) - how

• पाञ्चभौतिकाः (pāñcabhautikāḥ) - composed of the five elements, pentamorphic

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शृण्वन्ति (śṛṇvanti) - they hear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see

(verb)

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

Root 'dṛś' forms the present stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

गन्धरसवेदिनः (gandharasavedinaḥ) - perceivers of smell and taste

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharasavedin

gandharasavedin - one who knows or perceives smell and taste

Compound of 'gandha-rasa' (smell and taste) and 'vedin' (knower/perceiver)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandha+rasa+vedin)

• gandha – smell, odor
  noun (masculine)
• rasa – taste, essence, fluid
  noun (masculine)
• vedin – knower, perceiver, one who is acquainted with
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्पर्शम् (sparśam) - touch, contact

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sparśa

sparśa - touch, contact, sensation of touch

Derived from root 'spṛś' (to touch)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

विजानन्ति (vijānanti) - they know, they recognize

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

कथम् (katham) - how

(indeclinable)

पाञ्चभौतिकाः (pāñcabhautikāḥ) - composed of the five elements, pentamorphic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāñcabhautika

pāñcabhautika - consisting of the five elements (pañcabhūta)

Derived with taddhita suffix from 'pañcabhūta'

Compound type : taddhita (pañca+bhūta)

• pañca – five
  numeral
• bhūta – element, being, creature
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)