महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-292, verse-42

अलिङ्गां प्रकृतिं त्वाहुर्लिङ्गैरनुमिमीमहे ।
तथैव पौरुषं लिङ्गमनुमानाद्धि पश्यति ॥४२॥

42. aliṅgāṁ prakṛtiṁ tvāhurliṅgairanumimīmahe ,
tathaiva pauruṣaṁ liṅgamanumānāddhi paśyati.

42. aliṅgām prakṛtim tu āhuḥ liṅgaiḥ anumimīmahe
tathā eva pauruṣam liṅgam anumānāt hi paśyati

42. prakṛtim aliṅgām tu āhuḥ liṅgaiḥ anumimīmahe
tathā eva pauruṣam liṅgam anumānāt hi paśyati

42. They declare nature (prakṛti) to be unmanifest, yet we infer its existence through its characteristics. Similarly, one perceives the characteristic mark of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) also through inference.

Words meanings summery:

• अलिङ्गाम् (aliṅgām) - unmanifest (without a mark, unmanifest, indistinct)

• प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, material cause)

• तु (tu) - yet (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

• लिङ्गैः (liṅgaiḥ) - through its characteristics (by signs, by marks, by characteristics)

• अनुमिमीमहे (anumimīmahe) - we infer (we infer, we deduce)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• एव (eva) - also (only, certainly, indeed, very)

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (masculine, human, belonging to puruṣa)

• लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - characteristic mark (mark, sign, characteristic, gender, phallus)

• अनुमानात् (anumānāt) - through inference (from inference, by deduction)

• हि (hi) - also, indeed (indeed, because, for)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - one perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

Words meanings and morphology

अलिङ्गाम् (aliṅgām) - unmanifest (without a mark, unmanifest, indistinct)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aliṅga

aliṅga - without a distinguishing mark, unmanifest, indistinct

negation of liṅga

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+liṅga)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• liṅga – mark, sign, characteristic, gender, phallus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'prakṛtim'.

प्रकृतिम् (prakṛtim) - nature (prakṛti) (nature, origin, material cause)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, material cause, primeval matter, constitution

from pra + kṛ + ktin

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तु (tu) - yet (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

root vac (2nd class, P.P.), perfect tense (lit) 3rd plural

Prefix: ā

Root: vac (class 2)

लिङ्गैः (liṅgaiḥ) - through its characteristics (by signs, by marks, by characteristics)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of liṅga

liṅga - mark, sign, characteristic, gender, phallus

अनुमिमीमहे (anumimīmahe) - we infer (we infer, we deduce)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of mā

root mā (3rd class, A.P.), present tense, 1st plural

Prefix: anu

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Derived from root mā with prefix anu. Reduplicated form.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also (only, certainly, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - of the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) (masculine, human, belonging to puruṣa)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human, manly, belonging to a man, belonging to puruṣa

from puruṣa + aṇ suffix

Note: Agrees with 'liṅgam'.

लिङ्गम् (liṅgam) - characteristic mark (mark, sign, characteristic, gender, phallus)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of liṅga

liṅga - mark, sign, characteristic, gender, phallus

अनुमानात् (anumānāt) - through inference (from inference, by deduction)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of anumāna

anumāna - inference, deduction, conclusion

from anu + man + lyuṭ

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

हि (hi) - also, indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - one perceives (sees, perceives, observes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

root dṛś (1st class, P.P.) present tense, 3rd singular. Irregular stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used in a general sense 'one perceives'.