महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-9

शब्दः श्रोत्रं तथा खानि त्रयमाकाशसंभवम् ।
प्राणश्चेष्टा तथा स्पर्श एते वायुगुणास्त्रयः ॥९॥

9. śabdaḥ śrotraṁ tathā khāni trayamākāśasaṁbhavam ,
prāṇaśceṣṭā tathā sparśa ete vāyuguṇāstrayaḥ.

9. śabdaḥ śrotram tathā khāni trayam ākāśa-saṃbhavam
prāṇaḥ ceṣṭā tathā sparśaḥ ete vāyu-guṇāḥ trayaḥ

9. śabdaḥ śrotram tathā khāni trayam ākāśa-saṃbhavam
prāṇaḥ ceṣṭā tathā sparśaḥ ete trayaḥ vāyu-guṇāḥ

9. Sound, the ear, and the cavities – these three arise from space (ākāśa). Life-breath (prāṇa), activity, and touch – these three are the qualities of air.

Words meanings summery:

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound (sound, word)

• श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - the ear (ear, sense of hearing)

• तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and, also)

• खानि (khāni) - the cavities (of the body, e.g., mouth, nose) (cavities, spaces, senses)

• त्रयम् (trayam) - these three (things) (a triad, a group of three)

• आकाश-संभवम् (ākāśa-saṁbhavam) - arising from space (ākāśa) (arisen from space, produced from ether)

• प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life-breath (prāṇa) (breath, life, life-force)

• चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - activity (movement, action, activity)

• तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and, also)

• स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch (touch, contact, sense of touch)

• एते (ete) - these (three) (these (masculine/neuter plural))

• वायु-गुणाः (vāyu-guṇāḥ) - qualities of air

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - these three (three)

Words meanings and morphology

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound (sound, word)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, language

श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - the ear (ear, sense of hearing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, organ of hearing

Root: śru (class 5)

तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

खानि (khāni) - the cavities (of the body, e.g., mouth, nose) (cavities, spaces, senses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kha

kha - cavity, aperture, space, ether, sky, sense organ

Note: Nominative plural neuter.

त्रयम् (trayam) - these three (things) (a triad, a group of three)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of traya

traya - triad, group of three

Note: Refers to the collective group.

आकाश-संभवम् (ākāśa-saṁbhavam) - arising from space (ākāśa) (arisen from space, produced from ether)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa-saṃbhava

ākāśa-saṁbhava - arisen from ākāśa (space/ether), produced from space

Compound type : tatpurusha (ākāśa+saṃbhava)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbhava – origin, birth, production, arising from
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root √bhū with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'trayam'.

प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life-breath (prāṇa) (breath, life, life-force)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life-force, vital air, respiration

Derived from root √an (to breathe) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - activity (movement, action, activity)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - movement, gesture, activity, exertion

Action Noun

Derived from root √ceṣṭ (to move, to act)

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch (touch, contact, sense of touch)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sparśa

sparśa - touch, contact, sense of touch

Action Noun

Derived from root √spṛś (to touch)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

एते (ete) - these (three) (these (masculine/neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Nominative plural masculine.

वायु-गुणाः (vāyu-guṇāḥ) - qualities of air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāyu-guṇa

vāyu-guṇa - qualities of air

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāyu+guṇa)

• vāyu – air, wind
  noun (masculine)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, characteristic
  noun (masculine)

Note: Nominative plural masculine.

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - these three (three)

(numeral adjective)

Note: Nominative plural masculine.