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12,211

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-211, verse-40

इन्द्रियाणि मनो वायुः शोणितं मांसमस्थि च ।
आनुपूर्व्या विनश्यन्ति स्वं धातुमुपयान्ति च ॥४०॥
40. indriyāṇi mano vāyuḥ śoṇitaṁ māṁsamasthi ca ,
ānupūrvyā vinaśyanti svaṁ dhātumupayānti ca.
40. indriyāṇi manaḥ vāyuḥ śoṇitam māṃsam asthi ca
| ānupūrvyā vinaśyanti svam dhātum upayānti ca
40. indriyāṇi manaḥ vāyuḥ śoṇitam māṃsam asthi ca
ānupūrvyā vinaśyanti svam dhātum ca upayānti
40. The senses, mind, vital air, blood, flesh, and bone, in due order, perish and return to their own fundamental elements.

Words meanings summery:

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  • इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, organs of perception or action
  • मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect
  • वायुः (vāyuḥ) - vital air (wind, air, vital breath)
  • शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood
  • मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, meat
  • अस्थि (asthi) - bone
  • (ca) - and, also
  • आनुपूर्व्या (ānupūrvyā) - in due order, successively
  • विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish, are destroyed
  • स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own
  • धातुम् (dhātum) - fundamental element (like earth, water, fire, air, ether) (element, constituent, root)
  • उपयान्ति (upayānti) - they approach, go towards, return to
  • (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, organs of perception or action
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense, organ of sense, faculty
From Indra (lord of senses) + suffix -iya (related to).
Note: Here as a subject.
मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought, intention, heart
Root: man (class 4)
वायुः (vāyuḥ) - vital air (wind, air, vital breath)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu
vāyu - wind, air, vital air, god of wind
Root: vā (class 2)
शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṇita
śoṇita - blood, red
Past Passive Participle (often substantivized)
From root śoṇ ('to be red') + kta suffix.
Root: śoṇ (class 1)
मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, meat
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa
māṁsa - flesh, meat
अस्थि (asthi) - bone
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asthi
asthi - bone
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
आनुपूर्व्या (ānupūrvyā) - in due order, successively
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of ānupūrvī
ānupūrvī - regular succession, due order
Derived from anu (after) + pūrva (former) + -ī (feminine suffix).
Note: Used adverbially.
विनश्यन्ति (vinaśyanti) - they perish, are destroyed
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of naś
Present Active Indicative, 3rd plural
Root naś, class 4 (naśyati). Here with prefix vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: naś (class 4)
स्वम् (svam) - one's own, his own
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sva
sva - own, one's own, self
Note: Matches dhātum in gender, number, case.
धातुम् (dhātum) - fundamental element (like earth, water, fire, air, ether) (element, constituent, root)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dhātu
dhātu - element, constituent, root (of a word), mineral, metal
From root dhā ('to place, put, establish').
Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: u-stem noun.
उपयान्ति (upayānti) - they approach, go towards, return to
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā
Present Active Indicative, 3rd plural
Root yā, class 2 (yāti). Here with prefix upa-.
Prefix: upa
Root: yā (class 2)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)