महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-187, verse-9

रूपं चक्षुस्तथा पक्तिस्त्रिविधं तेज उच्यते ।
रसः क्लेदश्च जिह्वा च त्रयो जलगुणाः स्मृताः ॥९॥

9. rūpaṁ cakṣustathā paktistrividhaṁ teja ucyate ,
rasaḥ kledaśca jihvā ca trayo jalaguṇāḥ smṛtāḥ.

9. rūpam cakṣuḥ tathā paktiḥ trividham tejaḥ ucyate
| rasaḥ kledaḥ ca jihvā ca trayaḥ jalaguṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

9. rūpam cakṣuḥ tathā paktiḥ trividham tejaḥ ucyate
rasaḥ kledaḥ ca jihvā ca trayaḥ jalaguṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

9. Form, the organ of sight, and digestion (or transformation) – these three are said to be the three aspects of fire (tejas). Taste, moisture, and the tongue – these three are considered the qualities (guṇas) of water (jala).

Words meanings summery:

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, color, beauty, the sense of sight

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, the organ of sight

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same manner, also, and

• पक्तिः (paktiḥ) - cooking, digestion, ripening, maturity

• त्रिविधम् (trividham) - of three kinds, threefold

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire, light, energy, brilliance, power, elemental fire

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken of

• रसः (rasaḥ) - taste, flavor, essence, juice, liquid, emotion

• क्लेदः (kledaḥ) - moisture, wetness, dampness

• च (ca) - and

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue, the organ of taste

• च (ca) - and

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• जलगुणाः (jalaguṇāḥ) - qualities of water

• स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are remembered, are considered, are known

Words meanings and morphology

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, color, beauty, the sense of sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty, nature, characteristic, specific form

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, the organ of sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, the sense of sight

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same manner, also, and

(indeclinable)

पक्तिः (paktiḥ) - cooking, digestion, ripening, maturity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pakti

pakti - cooking, ripening, digestion, maturity, transformation

त्रिविधम् (trividham) - of three kinds, threefold

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trividha

trividha - threefold, of three kinds

तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire, light, energy, brilliance, power, elemental fire

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - light, fire, brilliance, energy, power, elemental fire

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is spoken of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present Passive

3rd person singular Present Passive Indicative

Root: vac (class 2)

रसः (rasaḥ) - taste, flavor, essence, juice, liquid, emotion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rasa

rasa - juice, liquid, essence, taste, flavor, emotion, sentiment

क्लेदः (kledaḥ) - moisture, wetness, dampness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kleda

kleda - wetness, moisture, dampness, exudation

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue, the organ of taste

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, the organ of taste

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

जलगुणाः (jalaguṇāḥ) - qualities of water

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalaguṇa

jalaguṇa - quality of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+guṇa)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent
  noun (masculine)

स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are remembered, are considered, are known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, traditional, considered

Past Passive Participle

Root: smṛ (class 1)