महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-9

कर्णौ त्वक्चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी ।
दर्शनानीन्द्रियोक्तानि द्वाराण्याहारसिद्धये ॥९॥

9. karṇau tvakcakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī ,
darśanānīndriyoktāni dvārāṇyāhārasiddhaye.

9. karṇau tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā ca eva pañcamī
darśanāni indriyoktāni dvārāṇi āhārasiddhaye

9. karṇau tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā ca eva pañcamī
darśanāni indriyoktāni dvārāṇi āhārasiddhaye

9. The two ears, skin, the two eyes, the tongue, and the fifth, indeed, the nose – these are the faculties of perception (darśana) declared as sense organs (indriya), serving as channels for the intake of sustenance (āhāra).

Words meanings summery:

• कर्णौ (karṇau) - the two ears

• त्वक् (tvak) - skin (skin, hide, bark)

• चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - the two eyes

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - the tongue (tongue, speech)

• नासिका (nāsikā) - the nose (nose, nostril)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• पञ्चमी (pañcamī) - the fifth (organ) (the fifth)

• दर्शनानि (darśanāni) - the faculties of perception (perceptions, sights, views, sensory faculties)

• इन्द्रियोक्तानि (indriyoktāni) - declared as sense organs (indriya) (declared as sense organs)

• द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - channels (doors, gates, channels)

• आहारसिद्धये (āhārasiddhaye) - for the intake of sustenance (āhāra) (for the acquisition of food/sustenance)

Words meanings and morphology

कर्णौ (karṇau) - the two ears

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of karṇa

karṇa - ear

त्वक् (tvak) - skin (skin, hide, bark)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide

Note: Stem tvac in nominative singular.

चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - the two eyes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

From root √cakṣ (to see)

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

जिह्वा (jihvā) - the tongue (tongue, speech)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue

नासिका (nāsikā) - the nose (nose, nostril)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nāsikā

nāsikā - nose

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects nāsikā to the list.

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

(indeclinable)

पञ्चमी (pañcamī) - the fifth (organ) (the fifth)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth

Ordinal number from pañcan (five)

Note: Referring to nāsikā.

दर्शनानि (darśanāni) - the faculties of perception (perceptions, sights, views, sensory faculties)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of darśana

darśana - seeing, perception, view, doctrine

From root √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इन्द्रियोक्तानि (indriyoktāni) - declared as sense organs (indriya) (declared as sense organs)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of indriyokta

indriyokta - declared as senses, designated as sense organs

Compound of indriya (sense organ) and ukta (said, declared), Past Passive Participle of √vac.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (indriya+ukta)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty
  noun (neuter)
• ukta – said, spoken, declared
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with darśanāni.

द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - channels (doors, gates, channels)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dvāra

dvāra - door, gate, entrance, channel

आहारसिद्धये (āhārasiddhaye) - for the intake of sustenance (āhāra) (for the acquisition of food/sustenance)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of āhārasiddhi

āhārasiddhi - accomplishment of food, acquisition of sustenance

Compound of āhāra (food, intake) and siddhi (accomplishment)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āhāra+siddhi)

• āhāra – food, sustenance, intake
  noun (masculine)
  From ā + √hṛ (to take)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• siddhi – accomplishment, success, attainment
  noun (feminine)
  From root √sidh (to accomplish)
  Root: sidh (class 1)