महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-238, verse-2

तैश्चैष कुरुते कार्यं मनःषष्ठैरिहेन्द्रियैः ।
सुदान्तैरिव संयन्ता दृढैः परमवाजिभिः ॥२॥

2. taiścaiṣa kurute kāryaṁ manaḥṣaṣṭhairihendriyaiḥ ,
sudāntairiva saṁyantā dṛḍhaiḥ paramavājibhiḥ.

2. taiḥ ca eṣaḥ kurute kāryam manaḥṣaṣṭhaiḥ iha indriyaiḥ
sudāntaiḥ iva saṃyantā dṛḍhaiḥ paramavājibhiḥ

2. ca eṣaḥ iha manaḥṣaṣṭhaiḥ taiḥ indriyaiḥ kāryam
kurute iva saṃyantā sudāntaiḥ dṛḍhaiḥ paramavājibhiḥ

2. And indeed, this knower of the field (kṣetrajña) performs actions here using the senses, with the mind as the sixth, just like a charioteer (saṃyantā) controls well-trained, strong, and excellent horses.

Words meanings summery:

• तैः (taiḥ) - by these modifications of nature (prakṛti), referring to mind and senses (by them)

• च (ca) - and

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (this)

• कुरुते (kurute) - he does, he performs

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, action, duty

• मनःषष्ठैः (manaḥṣaṣṭhaiḥ) - with the mind as the sixth

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - with the senses, by the sense organs

• सुदान्तैः (sudāntaiḥ) - by the well-trained horses (by the well-tamed, by the well-controlled)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संयन्ता (saṁyantā) - charioteer, controller

• दृढैः (dṛḍhaiḥ) - by the strong horses (by the strong, by the firm)

• परमवाजिभिः (paramavājibhiḥ) - by the excellent horses

Words meanings and morphology

तैः (taiḥ) - by these modifications of nature (prakṛti), referring to mind and senses (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Instrumental agent.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

conjunction

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Subject of 'kurute'.

कुरुते (kurute) - he does, he performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Tense

Present middle 3rd singular of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, action, duty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, action, duty, to be done

Gerundive

from kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनःषष्ठैः (manaḥṣaṣṭhaiḥ) - with the mind as the sixth

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manaḥṣaṣṭha

manaḥṣaṣṭha - having mind as the sixth (of a group of five), including the mind as the sixth

compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manas+ṣaṣṭha)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  from man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

adverb of place

इन्द्रियैः (indriyaiḥ) - with the senses, by the sense organs

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense

from indra

Note: Instrumental agent.

सुदान्तैः (sudāntaiḥ) - by the well-trained horses (by the well-tamed, by the well-controlled)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sudānta

sudānta - well-tamed, well-controlled, disciplined

Past Passive Participle

from su-dam (to tame well)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dānta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix
• dānta – tamed, controlled, disciplined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from dam (to tame)
  Root: dam (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

संयन्ता (saṁyantā) - charioteer, controller

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃyantṛ

saṁyantṛ - charioteer, controller, regulator

agent noun

from sam-yam (to control)

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

दृढैः (dṛḍhaiḥ) - by the strong horses (by the strong, by the firm)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, steady

Past Passive Participle from dṛh (to be firm)

Root: dṛh (class 1)

परमवाजिभिः (paramavājibhiḥ) - by the excellent horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paramavājin

paramavājin - excellent horse, supreme horse

compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+vājin)

• parama – supreme, excellent, highest
  adjective
• vājin – horse, swift, strong
  noun (masculine)
  from vā (to go)
  Root: vā (class 2)

Note: The object of the charioteer's control in the simile.