महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-19

गुणान्नेनीयते बुद्धिर्बुद्धिरेवेन्द्रियाण्यपि ।
मनःषष्ठानि सर्वाणि बुद्ध्यभावे कुतो गुणाः ॥१९॥

19. guṇānnenīyate buddhirbuddhirevendriyāṇyapi ,
manaḥṣaṣṭhāni sarvāṇi buddhyabhāve kuto guṇāḥ.

19. guṇān nī-nīyate buddhiḥ buddhiḥ eva indriyāṇi api
manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni sarvāṇi buddhi-abhāve kutaḥ guṇāḥ

19. buddhiḥ guṇān nī-nīyate; buddhiḥ eva indriyāṇi api (nī-nīyate).
(hi) manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni sarvāṇi (guṇāḥ bhavanti).
buddhi-abhāve kutaḥ guṇāḥ (syuḥ)?

19. The intellect (buddhi) repeatedly draws the qualities (guṇas), and indeed, the intellect also draws the senses. If there is an absence of intellect (buddhi), from where would all these qualities, with the mind as the sixth, arise?

Words meanings summery:

• गुणान् (guṇān) - the qualities (guṇas) (qualities, attributes)

• नी-नीयते (nī-nīyate) - is repeatedly led, is repeatedly drawn

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

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

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• मनः-षष्ठानि (manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni) - all these qualities, with the mind as the sixth (sense) (having mind as the sixth, with mind as the sixth)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (qualities) (all, every)

• बुद्धि-अभावे (buddhi-abhāve) - in the absence of intellect

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence?

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the qualities (guṇas) (qualities, attributes)

Words meanings and morphology

गुणान् (guṇān) - the qualities (guṇas) (qualities, attributes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, thread, secondary item, virtue

नी-नीयते (nī-nīyate) - is repeatedly led, is repeatedly drawn

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of nī

Intensive (Frequentative) / Present Indicative

Intensive form of root 'nī', meaning 'to lead repeatedly' or 'to draw repeatedly'. The reduplication 'nī-nī' indicates intensity or repetition. Here, it is in the passive voice, middle voice ending.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: The verb `nenīyate` is from the intensive (frequentative) stem of `nī` and is used in the passive/middle voice.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

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

Root: budh (class 1)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, reason

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

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

Root: budh (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense organ, faculty, power

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

मनः-षष्ठानि (manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhāni) - all these qualities, with the mind as the sixth (sense) (having mind as the sixth, with mind as the sixth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of manaḥṣaṣṭha

manaḥṣaṣṭha - having mind as the sixth, with mind as the sixth

Compound type : bahuvrihi (manas+ṣaṣṭha)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought, intention
  noun (neuter)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  numeral (masculine)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (qualities) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

बुद्धि-अभावे (buddhi-abhāve) - in the absence of intellect

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of buddhiabhāva

buddhiabhāva - absence of intellect

Compound type : tatpurusha (buddhi+abhāva)

• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason, perception (buddhi)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• abhāva – non-existence, absence, lack
  noun (masculine)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where? whence?

(indeclinable)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the qualities (guṇas) (qualities, attributes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, thread, secondary item, virtue