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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-14

इन्द्रियाणि नरे पञ्च षष्ठं तु मन उच्यते ।
सप्तमीं बुद्धिमेवाहुः क्षेत्रज्ञं पुनरष्टमम् ॥१४॥
14. indriyāṇi nare pañca ṣaṣṭhaṁ tu mana ucyate ,
saptamīṁ buddhimevāhuḥ kṣetrajñaṁ punaraṣṭamam.
14. indriyāṇi nare pañca ṣaṣṭham tu manaḥ ucyate
saptamīm buddhim eva āhuḥ kṣetrajñam punaḥ aṣṭamam
14. nare pañca indriyāṇi ṣaṣṭham manaḥ tu ucyate
saptamīm buddhim eva āhuḥ punaḥ aṣṭamam kṣetrajñam
14. In a human being, there are five senses; the mind (manas), however, is declared to be the sixth. They indeed call the intellect (buddhi) the seventh, and furthermore, the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) the eighth.

Words meanings summery:

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  • इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the five sense organs (senses, sense organs)
  • नरे (nare) - in a human being (in a man, in a person)
  • पञ्च (pañca) - five (senses) (five)
  • षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - the sixth (faculty) (sixth)
  • तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)
  • मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas), the faculty of thought and emotion (mind, intellect, thought)
  • उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared (is said, is called, is declared)
  • सप्तमीम् (saptamīm) - the seventh (faculty) (seventh)
  • बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding)
  • एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)
  • आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call (declare) (they say, they declare, they call)
  • क्षेत्रज्ञम् (kṣetrajñam) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña), the individual soul (knower of the field, soul, spirit)
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - and furthermore (again, moreover, but, yet)
  • अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - the eighth (faculty) (eighth)

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - the five sense organs (senses, sense organs)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense, sense organ, faculty of sense
Derived from indra (lord)
नरे (nare) - in a human being (in a man, in a person)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, human, person
Root: nṛ
पञ्च (pañca) - five (senses) (five)
(numeral)
Note: Used as an adjective, applies to all genders and cases in plural.
षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - the sixth (faculty) (sixth)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ṣaṣṭha
ṣaṣṭha - sixth
Ordinal number.
तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)
(indeclinable)
Conjunction/particle.
मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas), the faculty of thought and emotion (mind, intellect, thought)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought, emotion, intention
Root: man (class 4)
उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared (is said, is called, is declared)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac
Present Passive
From root vac (to speak), ātmanepada, 3rd person singular.
Root: vac (class 2)
सप्तमीम् (saptamīm) - the seventh (faculty) (seventh)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of saptamī
saptamī - seventh
Feminine ordinal number.
बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi
buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception, discrimination
From root budh (to know, perceive)
Root: budh (class 1)
Note: Object of āhuḥ.
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call (declare) (they say, they declare, they call)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ah
Present Active
Irregular present active 3rd person plural of ah (a defective verb).
Root: ah (class 2)
क्षेत्रज्ञम् (kṣetrajñam) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña), the individual soul (knower of the field, soul, spirit)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña
kṣetrajña - knower of the field, individual soul, the conscious principle
From kṣetra (field, body) + jña (knower).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)
  • kṣetra – field, land, body, sphere
    noun (neuter)
  • jña – knowing, knower, wise
    adjective
    From root jñā (to know).
    Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Object of āhuḥ.
पुनः (punaḥ) - and furthermore (again, moreover, but, yet)
(indeclinable)
Adverbial particle.
अष्टमम् (aṣṭamam) - the eighth (faculty) (eighth)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of aṣṭama
aṣṭama - eighth
Ordinal number.