महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-196, verse-1

मनुरुवाच ।
यदिन्द्रियैस्तूपकृतान्पुरस्तात्प्राप्तान्गुणान्संस्मरते चिराय ।
तेष्विन्द्रियेषूपहतेषु पश्चात्स बुद्धिरूपः परमः स्वभावः ॥१॥

1. manuruvāca ,
yadindriyaistūpakṛtānpurastā;tprāptānguṇānsaṁsmarate cirāya ,
teṣvindriyeṣūpahateṣu paścā;tsa buddhirūpaḥ paramaḥ svabhāvaḥ.

1. manuḥ uvāca yat indriyaiḥ tu upakṛtān
purastāt prāptān guṇān saṃsmarate
cirāya teṣu indriyeṣu upahateṣu paścāt
saḥ buddhi-rūpaḥ paramaḥ svabhāvaḥ

1. manuḥ uvāca yat indriyaiḥ purastāt
prāptān upakṛtān guṇān cirāya saṃsmarate
teṣu indriyeṣu paścāt upahateṣu
saḥ tu buddhi-rūpaḥ paramaḥ svabhāvaḥ

1. Manu said: If one remembers for a long time the qualities (guṇas) that were experienced previously through the senses (indriyas), even after those senses (indriyas) are later impaired or destroyed, that enduring memory is indeed the supreme intrinsic nature (svabhāva) in the form of intellect (buddhi).

Words meanings summery:

• मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu (the sage) (Manu (a primordial man, lawgiver))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - if (which, what, that, if)

• इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - through the senses (indriyas) (by the senses, by the sense organs)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet)

• उपकृतान् (upakṛtān) - acquired / experienced (benefited, served, assisted, acquired)

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - previously (before, formerly, previously)

• प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - obtained (obtained, reached, gained)

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities (guṇas) (qualities, attributes, merits, strands)

• संस्मरते (saṁsmarate) - remembers (remembers, recollects)

• चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time (for a long time, permanently)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those (senses) (in them, among them)

• इन्द्रियेषु (indriyeṣu) - even after the senses (indriyas) (in the senses, among the senses)

• उपहतेषु (upahateṣu) - impaired or destroyed (damaged, destroyed, impaired)

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - later (afterwards, later, behind)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the memory/ability) (he, that)

• बुद्धि-रूपः (buddhi-rūpaḥ) - in the form of intellect (buddhi) (having the form of intellect, characterized by intellect)

• परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (intrinsic nature, inherent disposition, essential character)

Words meanings and morphology

मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu (the sage) (Manu (a primordial man, lawgiver))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - man, human being, Manu (proper noun)

Root: man (class 4)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect

irregular perfect form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - if (which, what, that, if)

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - through the senses (indriyas) (by the senses, by the sense organs)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense, sense organ, faculty

from Indra, belonging to Indra or the senses

Note: agent/means for acquiring qualities

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

उपकृतान् (upakṛtān) - acquired / experienced (benefited, served, assisted, acquired)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of upakṛta

upakṛta - benefited, served, assisted, acquired

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - previously (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

from pura (before) + suffix -stāt

प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - obtained (obtained, reached, gained)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, gained, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities (guṇas) (qualities, attributes, merits, strands)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, constituent of nature

संस्मरते (saṁsmarate) - remembers (remembers, recollects)

(verb)

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

present

from root smṛ (to remember) with prefix saṃ

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: subject is implied (one)

चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time (for a long time, permanently)

(indeclinable)

dative singular used adverbially

Note: adverbial dative signifying duration

तेषु (teṣu) - in those (senses) (in them, among them)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इन्द्रियेषु (indriyeṣu) - even after the senses (indriyas) (in the senses, among the senses)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense, sense organ, faculty

Note: locative absolute construction with "upahateṣu"

उपहतेषु (upahateṣu) - impaired or destroyed (damaged, destroyed, impaired)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of upahata

upahata - damaged, destroyed, impaired, struck

Past Passive Participle

from root han (to strike/destroy) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - later (afterwards, later, behind)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the memory/ability) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बुद्धि-रूपः (buddhi-rūpaḥ) - in the form of intellect (buddhi) (having the form of intellect, characterized by intellect)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of buddhirūpa

buddhirūpa - having the form/nature of intellect

compound of buddhi (intellect) and rūpa (form)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (buddhi+rūpa)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  from root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: predicate adjective for "saḥ"

परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, most excellent

superlative of para

स्वभावः (svabhāvaḥ) - intrinsic nature (svabhāva) (intrinsic nature, inherent disposition, essential character)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - intrinsic nature, inherent disposition, essential character

compound of sva (own) and bhāva (being/state)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: predicate nominative