महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-197, verse-18

अस्पर्शनमशृण्वानमनास्वादमदर्शनम् ।
अघ्राणमवितर्कं च सत्त्वं प्रविशते परम् ॥१८॥

18. asparśanamaśṛṇvānamanāsvādamadarśanam ,
aghrāṇamavitarkaṁ ca sattvaṁ praviśate param.

18. asparśanam aśṛṇvānam anāsvādam adarśanam
aghrāṇam avitarkam ca sattvam praviśate param

18. asparśanam aśṛṇvānam anāsvādam adarśanam aghrāṇam avitarkam ca param sattvam praviśate.

18. One enters the Supreme reality (sattva) which is without touch, without hearing, without taste, without sight, without smell, and free from discursive thought (vitarka).

Words meanings summery:

• अस्पर्शनम् (asparśanam) - without touch (without touch, intangible)

• अशृण्वानम् (aśṛṇvānam) - without hearing (not hearing)

• अनास्वादम् (anāsvādam) - without taste (without taste, tasteless)

• अदर्शनम् (adarśanam) - without sight (without sight, invisible)

• अघ्राणम् (aghrāṇam) - without smell (without smell, odorless)

• अवितर्कम् (avitarkam) - free from discursive thought (vitarka) (without discursive thought, without doubt)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - reality (sattva) (being, existence, reality, essential nature)

• प्रविशते (praviśate) - enters (enters, penetrates)

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

Words meanings and morphology

अस्पर्शनम् (asparśanam) - without touch (without touch, intangible)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asparśana

asparśana - not touching, intangible, without contact

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sparśana)

• a – not, non- (negative particle)
  indeclinable
• sparśana – touching, contact, sense of touch
  noun (neuter)
  from root Spṛś (to touch)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

अशृण्वानम् (aśṛṇvānam) - without hearing (not hearing)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśṛṇvat

aśṛṇvat - not hearing

negative present active participle

from 'a' (not) and 'śṛṇvat' (hearing)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śṛṇvat)

• a – not, non- (negative particle)
  indeclinable
• śṛṇvat – hearing
  adjective (masculine)
  present active participle
  from root Śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)

अनास्वादम् (anāsvādam) - without taste (without taste, tasteless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anāsvāda

anāsvāda - without taste, tasteless, not relishing

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āsvāda)

• an – not, non- (negative particle, used before vowels)
  indeclinable
• āsvāda – taste, relish, enjoyment
  noun (masculine)
  from root Svad with prefix Ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: svad (class 1)

अदर्शनम् (adarśanam) - without sight (without sight, invisible)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adarśana

adarśana - not seeing, invisible, disappearance, lack of sight

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+darśana)

• a – not, non- (negative particle)
  indeclinable
• darśana – seeing, sight, vision, doctrine
  noun (neuter)
  from root Dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

अघ्राणम् (aghrāṇam) - without smell (without smell, odorless)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aghrāṇa

aghrāṇa - without smell, odorless, not smelling

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ghrāṇa)

• a – not, non- (negative particle)
  indeclinable
• ghrāṇa – smell, act of smelling, nose
  noun (neuter)
  from root Ghrā (to smell)
  Root: ghrā (class 1)

अवितर्कम् (avitarkam) - free from discursive thought (vitarka) (without discursive thought, without doubt)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of avitarka

avitarka - without doubt, beyond reasoning, free from discursive thought

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vitarka)

• a – not, non- (negative particle)
  indeclinable
• vitarka – conjecture, reasoning, discursive thought, doubt
  noun (masculine)
  from root Tark with prefix Vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: tark (class 10)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - reality (sattva) (being, existence, reality, essential nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - being, existence, reality, essence, spirit, truth, living being, the quality of goodness (guṇa)

Root: as (class 2)

प्रविशते (praviśate) - enters (enters, penetrates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of praviś

present tense, middle voice

root Viś, Class 6, Ātmanepada (middle voice)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Implied subject 'one' or 'the Yogi'.

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

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with 'sattvam'.