महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-15

चक्षुरालोचनायैव संशयं कुरुते मनः ।
बुद्धिरध्यवसानाय साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते ॥१५॥

15. cakṣurālocanāyaiva saṁśayaṁ kurute manaḥ ,
buddhiradhyavasānāya sākṣī kṣetrajña ucyate.

15. cakṣuḥ ālocanāya eva saṃśayam kurute manaḥ
buddhiḥ adhyavasānāya sākṣī kṣetrajñaḥ ucyate

15. cakṣuḥ ālocanāya eva manaḥ saṃśayam kurute
buddhiḥ adhyavasānāya kṣetrajñaḥ sākṣī ucyate

15. The eye (cakṣus) is for mere perception. The mind (manas) creates doubt. The intellect (buddhi) is for determination. The knower of the field (kṣetrajña) is called the witness.

Words meanings summery:

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - the eye (as a sense organ) (eye, sight, vision)

• आलोचनाय (ālocanāya) - for mere perception (for seeing, for perception, for observation)

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

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty, suspicion)

• कुरुते (kurute) - creates, causes (he/she/it does, makes, performs)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas), the faculty of thought and emotion (mind, intellect, thought)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi), the faculty of discrimination (intellect, understanding, reason)

• अध्यवसानाय (adhyavasānāya) - for determination (of truth) (for determination, for decision, for ascertainment)

• साक्षी (sākṣī) - the witness (without active participation) (witness, spectator)

• क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña), the individual soul (knower of the field, individual soul)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (is said, is called, is declared)

Words meanings and morphology

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - the eye (as a sense organ) (eye, sight, vision)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision, faculty of seeing

Neuter noun ending in -as (s-stem).

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

आलोचनाय (ālocanāya) - for mere perception (for seeing, for perception, for observation)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of ālocana

ālocana - looking, seeing, perception, observation, reflection

From ā-loc (to look at, observe).

Prefix: ā

Root: loc (class 10)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty, suspicion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, suspicion

From sam-śī (to doubt).

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

कुरुते (kurute) - creates, causes (he/she/it does, makes, performs)

(verb)

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

Present Middle

From root kṛ (to do), ātmanepada, 3rd person singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect (buddhi), the faculty of discrimination (intellect, understanding, reason)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception, discrimination

From root budh (to know, perceive)

Root: budh (class 1)

अध्यवसानाय (adhyavasānāya) - for determination (of truth) (for determination, for decision, for ascertainment)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of adhyavasāna

adhyavasāna - determination, resolution, decision, ascertainment, effort

From adhi-ava-sā (to determine, resolve).

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: sā (class 4)

साक्षी (sākṣī) - the witness (without active participation) (witness, spectator)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sākṣin

sākṣin - witness, spectator, observer

Derived from sa-akṣan (having eyes).

Note: Predicate for kṣetrajñaḥ.

क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña), the individual soul (knower of the field, individual soul)

(noun)

Nominative, 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: Subject of ucyate.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is called (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)