महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-198, verse-16
पुरुषः प्रकृतिर्बुद्धिर्विशेषाश्चेन्द्रियाणि च ।
अहंकारोऽभिमानश्च संभूतो भूतसंज्ञकः ॥१६॥
अहंकारोऽभिमानश्च संभूतो भूतसंज्ञकः ॥१६॥
16. puruṣaḥ prakṛtirbuddhirviśeṣāścendriyāṇi ca ,
ahaṁkāro'bhimānaśca saṁbhūto bhūtasaṁjñakaḥ.
ahaṁkāro'bhimānaśca saṁbhūto bhūtasaṁjñakaḥ.
16.
puruṣaḥ prakṛtiḥ buddhiḥ viśeṣāḥ ca indriyāṇi ca
ahaṅkāraḥ abhimānaḥ ca saṃbhūtaḥ bhūtasaṃjñakaḥ
ahaṅkāraḥ abhimānaḥ ca saṃbhūtaḥ bhūtasaṃjñakaḥ
16.
puruṣaḥ prakṛtiḥ buddhiḥ viśeṣāḥ ca indriyāṇi ca
ahaṅkāraḥ abhimānaḥ ca saṃbhūtaḥ bhūtasaṃjñakaḥ
ahaṅkāraḥ abhimānaḥ ca saṃbhūtaḥ bhūtasaṃjñakaḥ
16.
The cosmic person (puruṣa), nature (prakṛti), intellect, specific objects, and the senses, as well as ego (ahaṅkāra) and self-identification — these are produced and designated as the elements (bhūta).
Words meanings summery:
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- पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the conscious principle, the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, human being, spirit, cosmic person)
- प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - primordial nature (prakṛti), the unmanifest causal substance of the universe (nature, original form, source, primal matter)
- बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, the faculty of understanding and decision-making (intellect, understanding, reason, perception)
- विशेषाः (viśeṣāḥ) - specific objects (referring to the gross elements or their subtle counterparts) (particularities, distinctions, specific objects, attributes)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the ten sense organs (five of knowledge and five of action) (senses, sense organs)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego (ahaṅkāra), the faculty that generates the sense of 'I' and 'mine' (ego, egotism, self-sense)
- अभिमानः (abhimānaḥ) - self-identification, the notion of 'my-ness' associated with the ego (self-respect, pride, self-identification, conviction)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- संभूतः (saṁbhūtaḥ) - produced, come into being (produced, born, arisen, existing)
- भूतसंज्ञकः (bhūtasaṁjñakaḥ) - designated as elements or existents (bhūta) (named 'bhūta', called 'elements', called 'beings')
Words meanings and morphology
पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the conscious principle, the cosmic person (puruṣa) (person, man, human being, spirit, cosmic person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa
puruṣa - man, person, human being, spirit, cosmic person
प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - primordial nature (prakṛti), the unmanifest causal substance of the universe (nature, original form, source, primal matter)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti
prakṛti - nature, original form, source, primal matter, disposition
Prefix: pra
Root: kṛ (class 8)
बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, the faculty of understanding and decision-making (intellect, understanding, reason, perception)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi
buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception, discrimination
derived from root budh
Root: budh (class 1)
विशेषाः (viśeṣāḥ) - specific objects (referring to the gross elements or their subtle counterparts) (particularities, distinctions, specific objects, attributes)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of viśeṣa
viśeṣa - distinction, difference, particularity, specific object or attribute
derived from root śiṣ with vi
Prefix: vi
Root: śiṣ (class 7)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the ten sense organs (five of knowledge and five of action) (senses, sense organs)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - belonging to Indra, power, virility, sense, sense organ
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
अहङ्कारः (ahaṅkāraḥ) - ego (ahaṅkāra), the faculty that generates the sense of 'I' and 'mine' (ego, egotism, self-sense)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ahaṅkāra
ahaṅkāra - ego, egotism, self-sense, self-consciousness
compound of aham (I) and kāra (maker)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aham+kāra)
- aham – I
pronoun - kāra – maker, doer, causing, sound
noun (masculine)
from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अभिमानः (abhimānaḥ) - self-identification, the notion of 'my-ness' associated with the ego (self-respect, pride, self-identification, conviction)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimāna
abhimāna - self-respect, pride, self-identification, conviction, conceit
derived from root man with abhi
Prefix: abhi
Root: man (class 4)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
संभूतः (saṁbhūtaḥ) - produced, come into being (produced, born, arisen, existing)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhūta
saṁbhūta - produced, born, arisen, existing, fully developed
Past Passive Participle
Formed from root bhū with prefix sam
Prefix: sam
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Agrees with the preceding nouns implicitly as a collective descriptor.
भूतसंज्ञकः (bhūtasaṁjñakaḥ) - designated as elements or existents (bhūta) (named 'bhūta', called 'elements', called 'beings')
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtasaṃjñaka
bhūtasaṁjñaka - named 'bhūta', called 'elements', having the appellation 'bhūta'
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhūta+saṃjñaka)
- bhūta – existent, being, element, past
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root bhū
Root: bhū (class 1) - saṃjñaka – named, called, designated
adjective (masculine)
Suffix -ka added to saṃjñā (name, designation)
Note: Agrees with saṃbhūtaḥ in number, gender, case.