महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-196, verse-14

नोत्सहन्ते यथा वेत्तुमिन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियाण्यपि ।
तथैवेह परा बुद्धिः परं बुद्ध्या न पश्यति ॥१४॥

14. notsahante yathā vettumindriyairindriyāṇyapi ,
tathaiveha parā buddhiḥ paraṁ buddhyā na paśyati.

14. na utsahante yathā vettum indriyaiḥ indriyāṇi api |
tathā eva iha parā buddhiḥ param buddhyā na paśyati

14. yathā indriyaiḥ api indriyāṇi vettum na utsahante,
tathaiva iha parā buddhiḥ buddhyā param na paśyati

14. Just as even the senses (indriya) are unable to perceive other senses (indriya) by means of their own functions, so too in this world, the higher intellect (buddhi) cannot perceive the Supreme (param) by means of the intellect itself.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• उत्सहन्ते (utsahante) - are able (they venture, they are able, they manage)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• वेत्तुम् (vettum) - to perceive (to know, to understand)

• इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by means of their own functions (by senses, by faculties)

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - other senses (indriya) (senses, faculties)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)

• एव (eva) - indeed (reinforces `tathā`) (only, just, indeed)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, in this case)

• परा (parā) - higher (higher, supreme, ultimate)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, mind, reason)

• परम् (param) - the Supreme (param) (the highest, the supreme, ultimate reality)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by means of the intellect itself (by intellect, by understanding)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, beholds)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts as a negative prefix to the verb.

उत्सहन्ते (utsahante) - are able (they venture, they are able, they manage)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of sah

present middle

from `ut-√sah` (1st class, Ā. `sahate`)

Prefix: ut

Root: sah (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

वेत्तुम् (vettum) - to perceive (to know, to understand)

(infinitive)

Note: `tumun` infinitive.

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - by means of their own functions (by senses, by faculties)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power (indriya)

Note: Refers to the internal means by which senses operate.

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - other senses (indriya) (senses, faculties)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power (indriya)

Note: Subject of `utsahante`.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (reinforces `tathā`) (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

परा (parā) - higher (higher, supreme, ultimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme, higher, ultimate

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, mind, reason)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, intelligence (buddhi)

from `√budh` (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

परम् (param) - the Supreme (param) (the highest, the supreme, ultimate reality)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme, higher, ultimate, chief

Note: Object of `paśyati`.

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by means of the intellect itself (by intellect, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, intelligence (buddhi)

from `√budh` (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Denotes the instrument of perception.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates `paśyati`.

पश्यति (paśyati) - perceives (sees, perceives, beholds)

(verb)

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

present active

from `√dṛś` (1st class, P. `paśyati`)

Root: dṛś (class 1)