महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-294, verse-42
तत्त्वानि च चतुर्विंशत्परिसंख्याय तत्त्वतः ।
सांख्याः सह प्रकृत्या तु निस्तत्त्वः पञ्चविंशकः ॥४२॥
सांख्याः सह प्रकृत्या तु निस्तत्त्वः पञ्चविंशकः ॥४२॥
42. tattvāni ca caturviṁśatparisaṁkhyāya tattvataḥ ,
sāṁkhyāḥ saha prakṛtyā tu nistattvaḥ pañcaviṁśakaḥ.
sāṁkhyāḥ saha prakṛtyā tu nistattvaḥ pañcaviṁśakaḥ.
42.
tattvāni ca caturviṃśat parisaṃkhyāya tattvataḥ
sāṅkhyāḥ saha prakṛtyā tu nistattvaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ
sāṅkhyāḥ saha prakṛtyā tu nistattvaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ
42.
sāṅkhyāḥ tattvataḥ prakṛtyā saha caturviṃśat tattvāni ca parisaṃkhyāya,
pañcaviṃśakaḥ tu nistattvaḥ (iti vadanti).
pañcaviṃśakaḥ tu nistattvaḥ (iti vadanti).
42.
The Sāṅkhyas, having truly enumerated the twenty-four principles, including (cosmic) nature (prakṛti), declare the twenty-fifth (principle, puruṣa) to be without (these) principles.
Words meanings summery:
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- तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) - the constituent categories of existence in Sāṅkhya philosophy (principles, realities, categories)
- च (ca) - and, also
- चतुर्विंशत् (caturviṁśat) - twenty-four
- परिसंख्याय (parisaṁkhyāya) - having enumerated, having counted fully
- तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, in essence, according to the principles
- साङ्ख्याः (sāṅkhyāḥ) - the Sāṅkhyas, followers of Sāṅkhya philosophy
- सह (saha) - with, along with, accompanied by
- प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by or with nature, primordial matter
- तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed
- निस्तत्त्वः (nistattvaḥ) - refers to puruṣa, the supreme cosmic person, as being beyond the 24 material principles (without principles, beyond categories, devoid of constituent elements)
- पञ्चविंशकः (pañcaviṁśakaḥ) - refers to puruṣa, the supreme cosmic person, as the twenty-fifth principle in Sāṅkhya (the twenty-fifth)
Words meanings and morphology
तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) - the constituent categories of existence in Sāṅkhya philosophy (principles, realities, categories)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of tattva
tattva - reality, truth, principle, category, element
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
चतुर्विंशत् (caturviṁśat) - twenty-four
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of caturviṃśati
caturviṁśati - twenty-four
Note: Used as a collective noun here, acting as an adjective for 'tattvāni'.
परिसंख्याय (parisaṁkhyāya) - having enumerated, having counted fully
(indeclinable)
Prefixes: pari+sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
Note: Absolutive (gerund) form of the verb 'parisaṃkhyā'.
तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, in essence, according to the principles
(indeclinable)
साङ्ख्याः (sāṅkhyāḥ) - the Sāṅkhyas, followers of Sāṅkhya philosophy
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sāṅkhya
sāṅkhya - follower of Sāṅkhya philosophy, an enumerator, rationalist
सह (saha) - with, along with, accompanied by
(indeclinable)
प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā) - by or with nature, primordial matter
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of prakṛti
prakṛti - nature, origin, fundamental principle, primary matter, source
Prefix: pra
Root: kṛ (class 8)
तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed
(indeclinable)
निस्तत्त्वः (nistattvaḥ) - refers to puruṣa, the supreme cosmic person, as being beyond the 24 material principles (without principles, beyond categories, devoid of constituent elements)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nistattva
nistattva - without principles/categories, beyond elements
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+tattva)
- nis – without, out, free from
prefix - tattva – principle, reality, essence, category
noun (neuter)
पञ्चविंशकः (pañcaviṁśakaḥ) - refers to puruṣa, the supreme cosmic person, as the twenty-fifth principle in Sāṅkhya (the twenty-fifth)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pañcaviṃśaka
pañcaviṁśaka - the twenty-fifth