महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-47

आहुः सर्वमिदं चिन्त्यं जनाः केचिन्मनीषया ।
अस्याः पञ्चैव चिन्तायाः पर्येष्यामि च पञ्चधा ॥४७॥

47. āhuḥ sarvamidaṁ cintyaṁ janāḥ kecinmanīṣayā ,
asyāḥ pañcaiva cintāyāḥ paryeṣyāmi ca pañcadhā.

47. āhuḥ sarvam idam cintyam janāḥ kecit manīṣayā
asyāḥ pañca eva cintāyāḥ paryeṣyāmi ca pañcadhā

47. kecit janāḥ manīṣayā āhuḥ idam sarvam cintyam ca
aham asyāḥ cintāyāḥ pañca eva pañcadhā paryeṣyāmi

47. Some people, through their intellect, declare all this to be worthy of contemplation. And I shall explore these five considerations in five ways.

Words meanings summery:

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they call

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

• इदम् (idam) - this, here

• चिन्त्यम् (cintyam) - to be thought, to be considered, worthy of contemplation

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons, men

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

• मनीषया (manīṣayā) - by intellect, by wisdom, through discernment

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (contemplation) (of this, of her)

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

• चिन्तायाः (cintāyāḥ) - of thought, of contemplation, of consideration

• पर्येष्यामि (paryeṣyāmi) - I will investigate, I will seek out, I will explore

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पञ्चधा (pañcadhā) - in five ways, fivefold

Words meanings and morphology

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they call

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: This is the perfect 3rd person plural of √vac.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Here it functions as subject.

इदम् (idam) - this, here

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Also accusative singular neuter. Here it functions as subject.

चिन्त्यम् (cintyam) - to be thought, to be considered, worthy of contemplation

(gerundive)

Note: Modifies 'sarvam idam'.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man, creature

Note: Subject of 'āhuḥ'.

केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, a certain

Indefinite pronoun formed from ka + cid

Note: Modifies 'janāḥ'.

मनीषया (manīṣayā) - by intellect, by wisdom, through discernment

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of manīṣā

manīṣā - intellect, wisdom, thought, discernment

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (contemplation) (of this, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to 'cintāyāḥ'.

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Modifies an implied noun, e.g., 'considerations'.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'pañca'.

चिन्तायाः (cintāyāḥ) - of thought, of contemplation, of consideration

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, reflection, contemplation, concern

Derived from root cit (to perceive, think)

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Refers to 'these five (aspects) of contemplation'.

पर्येष्यामि (paryeṣyāmi) - I will investigate, I will seek out, I will explore

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pareṣ

Future tense, 1st person singular, from root iṣ (to seek) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: From √iṣ with prefix pari (pary + eṣyāmi -> paryeṣyāmi).

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पञ्चधा (pañcadhā) - in five ways, fivefold

(indeclinable)

Derived from pañcan (five) with suffix -dhā