महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-212, verse-10

श्रवणं स्पर्शनं जिह्वा दृष्टिर्नासा तथैव च ।
इन्द्रियाणीति पञ्चैते चित्तपूर्वंगमा गुणाः ॥१०॥

10. śravaṇaṁ sparśanaṁ jihvā dṛṣṭirnāsā tathaiva ca ,
indriyāṇīti pañcaite cittapūrvaṁgamā guṇāḥ.

10. śravaṇam sparśanam jihvā dṛṣṭiḥ nāsā tathā eva ca
indriyāṇi iti pañca ete cittapūrvaṅgamāḥ guṇāḥ

10. śravaṇam sparśanam jihvā dṛṣṭiḥ nāsā tathā eva ca
ete pañca indriyāṇi iti cittapūrvaṅgamāḥ guṇāḥ

10. Hearing, touch, the tongue (taste), sight, and similarly the nose (smell) – these five sense organs (indriya) are qualities (guṇa) that are preceded by consciousness (citta).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रवणम् (śravaṇam) - the faculty of hearing (hearing, the act of hearing, ear)

• स्पर्शनम् (sparśanam) - the faculty of touch (touch, the act of touching, sense of touch, skin)

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - the tongue (as the organ of taste) (tongue, speech, taste)

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - the faculty of sight (sight, vision, eye)

• नासा (nāsā) - the nose (as the organ of smell) (nose, organ of smell)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - similarly (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - sense organs (indriya) (sense organs, senses)

• इति (iti) - thus (identifying the group) (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct quote or definition))

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• एते (ete) - these (senses) (these (masculine nominative plural))

• चित्तपूर्वङ्गमाः (cittapūrvaṅgamāḥ) - preceded by consciousness (citta) (preceded by consciousness/mind)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities (guṇa) (qualities, attributes, properties, strands (of nature))

Words meanings and morphology

श्रवणम् (śravaṇam) - the faculty of hearing (hearing, the act of hearing, ear)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śravaṇa

śravaṇa - hearing, the act of hearing, ear, renown

From root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

स्पर्शनम् (sparśanam) - the faculty of touch (touch, the act of touching, sense of touch, skin)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sparśana

sparśana - touching, feeling, contact, the sense of touch, skin

From root spṛś (to touch).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

जिह्वा (jihvā) - the tongue (as the organ of taste) (tongue, speech, taste)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, organ of taste, speech

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - the faculty of sight (sight, vision, eye)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, sight, vision, eye, view

From root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नासा (nāsā) - the nose (as the organ of smell) (nose, organ of smell)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāsā

nāsā - nose, organ of smell

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

एव (eva) - similarly (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - sense organs (indriya) (sense organs, senses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, power

From Indra (lord of senses), or from root in (to go).

Root: in

इति (iti) - thus (identifying the group) (thus, so, in this way, (marks direct quote or definition))

(indeclinable)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

एते (ete) - these (senses) (these (masculine nominative plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

चित्तपूर्वङ्गमाः (cittapūrvaṅgamāḥ) - preceded by consciousness (citta) (preceded by consciousness/mind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cittapūrvaṅgama

cittapūrvaṅgama - preceded by consciousness, having consciousness as its forerunner

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (citta+pūrvaṅgama)

• citta – mind, consciousness, thought
  noun (neuter)
  From root cit (to perceive, observe).
  Root: cit (class 1)
• pūrvaṅgama – going before, preceding, forerunner
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound: pūrva (first, before) + gama (going, moving).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities (guṇa) (qualities, attributes, properties, strands (of nature))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, virtue, excellence, constituent of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas)

Note: Predicate for the senses.