महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-17

यथा कूर्म इहाङ्गानि प्रसार्य विनियच्छति ।
एवमेवेन्द्रियग्रामं बुद्धिः सृष्ट्वा नियच्छति ॥१७॥

17. yathā kūrma ihāṅgāni prasārya viniyacchati ,
evamevendriyagrāmaṁ buddhiḥ sṛṣṭvā niyacchati.

17. yathā kūrmaḥ iha aṅgāni prasārya viniyacchati
evam eva indriya-grāmam buddhiḥ sṛṣṭvā niyacchati

17. yathā kūrmaḥ iha aṅgāni prasārya viniyacchati,
evam eva buddhiḥ indriya-grāmam sṛṣṭvā niyacchati.

17. Just as a tortoise here retracts its limbs after extending them, so too the intellect (buddhi) creates the group of senses and then restrains them.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• कूर्मः (kūrmaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

• इह (iha) - here (in the example) (here, in this world, in this case)

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - the tortoise's limbs (limbs, parts, members)

• प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having extended, having stretched out

• विनियच्छति (viniyacchati) - retracts (its limbs) (retracts, restrains, holds back)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

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

• इन्द्रिय-ग्रामम् (indriya-grāmam) - group of senses, collection of senses

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

• सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā) - having created, having emanated

• नियच्छति (niyacchati) - restrains, controls, holds back

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

कूर्मः (kūrmaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle

इह (iha) - here (in the example) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - the tortoise's limbs (limbs, parts, members)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, member, part, body, subsidiary part

प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having extended, having stretched out

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'sṛ' (to go, move) with prefix 'pra-' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

विनियच्छति (viniyacchati) - retracts (its limbs) (retracts, restrains, holds back)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of viniyam

Present Indicative

Derived from root 'yam' (to hold, restrain) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'ni-'

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: yam (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रिय-ग्रामम् (indriya-grāmam) - group of senses, collection of senses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indriyagrāma

indriyagrāma - group of senses, collection of faculties

Compound type : tatpurusha (indriya+grāma)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)
• grāma – village, multitude, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception, intelligence (buddhi)

Root: budh (class 1)

सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā) - having created, having emanated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'sṛj' (to create, emit) with suffix '-tvā'

Root: sṛj (class 6)

नियच्छति (niyacchati) - restrains, controls, holds back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of niyam

Present Indicative

Derived from root 'yam' (to hold, restrain) with prefix 'ni-'

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)