महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-295, verse-5

विशेषाणां मनस्तेषां विद्यामाहुर्मनीषिणः ।
मनसः पञ्चभूतानि विद्या इत्यभिचक्षते ॥५॥

5. viśeṣāṇāṁ manasteṣāṁ vidyāmāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ,
manasaḥ pañcabhūtāni vidyā ityabhicakṣate.

5. viśeṣāṇām manas teṣām vidyām āhuḥ manīṣiṇaḥ
manasaḥ pañcabhūtāni vidyā iti abhicakṣate

5. manīṣiṇaḥ teṣām viśeṣāṇām manas vidyām āhuḥ
(te) manasaḥ pañcabhūtāni vidyā iti abhicakṣate

5. The wise declare the mind (manas) to be the guiding principle (vidyā) for those subtle sense objects (viśeṣāḥ). However, they also refer to the five gross elements (pañcabhūtāni) as the guiding principle for the mind.

Words meanings summery:

• विशेषाणाम् (viśeṣāṇām) - of those subtle sense objects (of the specific objects, of the particulars, of the subtle elements)

• मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (subtle sense objects) (of them, to them, those)

• विद्याम् (vidyām) - the guiding principle (knowledge, wisdom, learning (accusative singular))

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

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise (the wise, sagacious, intelligent ones)

• मनसः (manasaḥ) - for the mind (of the mind, from the mind)

• पञ्चभूतानि (pañcabhūtāni) - the five gross elements

• विद्या (vidyā) - guiding principle (knowledge, science, wisdom)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• अभिचक्षते (abhicakṣate) - they also refer to, they call (they call, they name, they look at)

Words meanings and morphology

विशेषाणाम् (viśeṣāṇām) - of those subtle sense objects (of the specific objects, of the particulars, of the subtle elements)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, difference, specific object, particular, subtle element (in Sāṃkhya)

From vi-śiṣ (to distinguish, specify)

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

मनस् (manas) - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, consciousness, thought

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (subtle sense objects) (of them, to them, those)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

विद्याम् (vidyām) - the guiding principle (knowledge, wisdom, learning (accusative singular))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, science, learning, wisdom, doctrine, spell

From root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Object of āhuḥ.

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

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (present sense) (liṭ) of āha

Perfect tense, present meaning

Derived from root 'brū' or 'vac', or sometimes listed as an irregular root. Perfect forms used with present meaning.

Root: brū/vac (irregular) (class 2)

Note: Subject is manīṣiṇaḥ.

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise (the wise, sagacious, intelligent ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, sagacious, intelligent; a sage, a thoughtful person

From manīṣā (intellect, wisdom)

Note: Subject of āhuḥ.

मनसः (manasaḥ) - for the mind (of the mind, from the mind)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, consciousness, thought

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

पञ्चभूतानि (pañcabhūtāni) - the five gross elements

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pañcabhūta

pañcabhūta - the five (gross) elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether)

Compound of pañca and bhūta

Compound type : dvigu / tatpuruṣa (pañcan+bhūta)

• pañcan – five
  indeclinable
  Cardinal number, behaves as adjective here.
• bhūta – being, element, creature, past
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhū (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as nominative predicate for vidyā.

विद्या (vidyā) - guiding principle (knowledge, science, wisdom)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, science, learning, wisdom, doctrine, spell

From root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Predicate.

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

अभिचक्षते (abhicakṣate) - they also refer to, they call (they call, they name, they look at)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of abhi-cakṣ

Present tense

Root cakṣ with prefix abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Implied subject (manīṣiṇaḥ or general "they").