महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-267, verse-22

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बलं षष्ठं षडेतानि वाचा सम्यग्यथागमम् ।
ज्ञानचेष्टेन्द्रियगुणाः सर्वे संशब्दिता मया ॥२२॥

22. balaṁ ṣaṣṭhaṁ ṣaḍetāni vācā samyagyathāgamam ,
jñānaceṣṭendriyaguṇāḥ sarve saṁśabditā mayā.

22. balam ṣaṣṭham ṣaṭ etāni vācā samyak yathā-āgamam
jñāna-ceṣṭa-indriya-guṇāḥ sarve saṃśabditā mayā

22. balam ṣaṣṭham etāni ṣaṭ vācā samyak yathā-āgamam
sarve jñāna-ceṣṭa-indriya-guṇāḥ mayā saṃśabditāḥ

22. Strength is the sixth. These six (faculties), along with speech (vāc), are all the qualities of the organs (indriya) of knowledge (jñāna) and action, and have been properly declared by me according to tradition (āgama).

Words meanings summery:

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बलम् (balam) - strength, power

षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth

षट् (ṣaṭ) - Refers to the five karmendriyas (mouth, hands, feet, anus, genitals) and strength (balam). (six)

एतानि (etāni) - Refers to the six entities just mentioned or implied. (these)

वाचा (vācā) - In the context of the qualities of organs, refers to the faculty of speech (mouth's function) as being part of the enumeration. (by speech, with speech, through speech)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, completely

यथा-आगमम् (yathā-āgamam) - according to tradition/scripture

ज्ञान-चेष्ट-इन्द्रिय-गुणाः (jñāna-ceṣṭa-indriya-guṇāḥ) - qualities of the organs of knowledge and action

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

संशब्दिता (saṁśabditā) - declared, enumerated, named

मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

बलम् (balam) - strength, power

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth

Ordinal number from ṣaṣ (six)

Note: Agrees with 'balam'.

षट् (ṣaṭ) - Refers to the five karmendriyas (mouth, hands, feet, anus, genitals) and strength (balam). (six)

(numeral)

एतानि (etāni) - Refers to the six entities just mentioned or implied. (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etat

etat - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

वाचा (vācā) - In the context of the qualities of organs, refers to the faculty of speech (mouth's function) as being part of the enumeration. (by speech, with speech, through speech)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

Root: √vac (class 2)

Note: Here, it likely functions as 'with' or 'including' in relation to the enumerated qualities.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, correctly, completely

(indeclinable)

From sam-añc (to go together, to be united)

Prefix: sam

Root: √añc (class 1)

यथा-आगमम् (yathā-āgamam) - according to tradition/scripture

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgama)

yathā – as, just as, according to
indeclinable
āgama – tradition, scripture, coming, arrival
noun (masculine)
From ā + √gam (to come)
Prefix: ā
Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Adverbial usage.

ज्ञान-चेष्ट-इन्द्रिय-गुणाः (jñāna-ceṣṭa-indriya-guṇāḥ) - qualities of the organs of knowledge and action

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñāna-ceṣṭa-indriya-guṇa

jñāna-ceṣṭa-indriya-guṇa - qualities of the senses of knowledge and action

Compound type : tatpurusha (jñāna+ceṣṭa+indriya+guṇa)

jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
noun (neuter)
From root √jñā (to know)
Root: √jñā (class 9)
ceṣṭa – action, activity, effort
noun (masculine)
From root √ceṣṭ (to move, to act)
Root: √ceṣṭ (class 1)
indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
noun (neuter)
From Indra + ya suffix
guṇa – quality, attribute, virtue, strand
noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with 'guṇāḥ'.

संशब्दिता (saṁśabditā) - declared, enumerated, named

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃśabdita

saṁśabdita - declared, named, enumerated

Past Passive Participle

From sam + √śabd (to sound, to name)

Prefix: sam