महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-187, verse-12

चक्षुरालोकनायैव संशयं कुरुते मनः ।
बुद्धिरध्यवसायाय क्षेत्रज्ञः साक्षिवत्स्थितः ॥१२॥

12. cakṣurālokanāyaiva saṁśayaṁ kurute manaḥ ,
buddhiradhyavasāyāya kṣetrajñaḥ sākṣivatsthitaḥ.

12. cakṣuḥ ālokanāya eva saṃśayam kurute manaḥ
buddhiḥ adhyavasāyāya kṣetrajñaḥ sākṣivat sthitaḥ

12. cakṣuḥ ālokanāya eva manaḥ saṃśayam kurute
buddhiḥ adhyavasāyāya kṣetrajñaḥ sākṣivat sthitaḥ

12. The eye is solely for seeing. The mind creates doubt. The intellect (buddhi) is for ascertainment. The knower of the field (kṣetrajña) remains like a witness.

Words meanings summery:

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, vision

• आलोकनाय (ālokanāya) - for seeing, for looking, for observation

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, uncertainty

• कुरुते (kurute) - makes, does, creates

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

• अध्यवसायाय (adhyavasāyāya) - for determination, for ascertainment, for resolution

• क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - In Vedāntic and Sāṅkhya philosophy, it refers to the conscious self (puruṣa) distinct from the body/mind complex (the 'field'). (knower of the field, the soul, the individual self, the conscious principle)

• साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness, as a witness

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stands, remains, situated, established

Words meanings and morphology

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, vision

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, vision, sight, faculty of seeing

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

आलोकनाय (ālokanāya) - for seeing, for looking, for observation

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of ālokana

ālokana - seeing, looking, observation, vision

verbal noun

derived from root 'lok' with upasarga 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, wavering

derived from root 'śī' with upasarga 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

कुरुते (kurute) - makes, does, creates

(verb)

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

present tense, third person, singular, middle voice

root kṛ, class 8, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, internal organ, thought

Root: man (class 4)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, perception, awakening (buddhi)

derived from root 'budh'

Root: budh (class 1)

अध्यवसायाय (adhyavasāyāya) - for determination, for ascertainment, for resolution

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of adhyavasāya

adhyavasāya - determination, ascertainment, resolution, effort, perseverance

derived from root 'so' with upasargas 'adhi' and 'ava'

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - In Vedāntic and Sāṅkhya philosophy, it refers to the conscious self (puruṣa) distinct from the body/mind complex (the 'field'). (knower of the field, the soul, the individual self, the conscious principle)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña

kṣetrajña - knower of the field, the soul, the individual self, the conscious principle (kṣetrajña)

compound of kṣetra (field) and jña (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)

• kṣetra – field, body, sacred place, wife
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• jña – knower, understanding, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root 'jñā'
  Root: jñā (class 9)

साक्षिवत् (sākṣivat) - like a witness, as a witness

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like, similar to)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stands, remains, situated, established

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing, established, abiding

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)