महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-188, verse-6

शब्दं न विन्देच्छ्रोत्रेण स्पर्शं त्वचा न वेदयेत् ।
रूपं न चक्षुषा विद्याज्जिह्वया न रसांस्तथा ॥६॥

6. śabdaṁ na vindecchrotreṇa sparśaṁ tvacā na vedayet ,
rūpaṁ na cakṣuṣā vidyājjihvayā na rasāṁstathā.

6. śabdam na vindet śrotreṇa sparśam tvacā na vedayet
rūpam na cakṣuṣā vidyāt jihvayā na rasān tathā

6. śrotreṇa śabdam na vindet tvacā sparśam na vedayet
cakṣuṣā rūpam na vidyāt jihvayā rasān na tathā

6. One should not perceive sound with the ear, nor experience touch with the skin. Similarly, one should not perceive forms with the eye, nor tastes with the tongue.

Words meanings summery:

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound, word, noise

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• विन्देत् (vindet) - one should find, perceive, obtain

• श्रोत्रेण (śrotreṇa) - by the ear, with the sense of hearing

• स्पर्शम् (sparśam) - touch, contact

• त्वचा (tvacā) - by the skin, with the sense of touch

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वेदयेत् (vedayet) - one should experience, perceive, know

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance, beauty, sight

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - by the eye, with the sense of sight

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, perceive

• जिह्वया (jihvayā) - by the tongue, with the sense of taste

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• रसान् (rasān) - tastes, flavors, sentiments

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound, word, noise

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, speech

Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vindet'.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

विन्देत् (vindet) - one should find, perceive, obtain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

From root 'vid' (to obtain, class 6).

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vid (class 6)

श्रोत्रेण (śrotreṇa) - by the ear, with the sense of hearing

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, sense of hearing

From root 'śru' (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Instrument of perception.

स्पर्शम् (sparśam) - touch, contact

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sparśa

sparśa - touch, contact, sensation of touch

From root 'spṛś' (to touch).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Object of 'vedayet'.

त्वचा (tvacā) - by the skin, with the sense of touch

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, integument

c-stem noun.

Note: Instrument of perception.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वेदयेत् (vedayet) - one should experience, perceive, know

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

Causative formation of root 'vid' (to know, class 2/4).

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vid (class 2)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance, beauty, sight

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, phenomenon

Note: Object of 'vidyāt'.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - by the eye, with the sense of sight

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sense of sight

s-stem noun.

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Instrument of perception.

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - one should know, perceive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

From root 'vid' (to know, class 2).

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vid (class 2)

जिह्वया (jihvayā) - by the tongue, with the sense of taste

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, sense of taste

'ā'-stem noun.

Note: Instrument of perception.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

रसान् (rasān) - tastes, flavors, sentiments

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rasa

rasa - taste, flavor, essence, juice, sentiment

Root: ras (class 1)

Note: Object of implied verb.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from pronoun 'tad'.