महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-298, verse-15

मनः षोडशकं प्राहुरध्यात्मगतिचिन्तकाः ।
त्वं चैवान्ये च विद्वांसस्तत्त्वबुद्धिविशारदाः ॥१५॥

15. manaḥ ṣoḍaśakaṁ prāhuradhyātmagaticintakāḥ ,
tvaṁ caivānye ca vidvāṁsastattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ.

15. manaḥ ṣoḍaśakam prāhuḥ adhyātmagaticintakāḥ tvam
ca eva anye ca vidvāṃsaḥ tattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ

15. adhyātmagaticintakāḥ manaḥ ṣoḍaśakam prāhuḥ tvam
ca eva anye ca vidvāṃsaḥ tattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ

15. Those who ponder the path of the self (ātman) declare the mind to be sixteenfold. So too do you and other wise individuals, skilled in the understanding of ultimate reality (tattva).

Words meanings summery:

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind, referring to the internal faculty (mind, intellect, internal organ, thought)

• षोडशकम् (ṣoḍaśakam) - sixteenfold (referring to the mind's constituents) (sixteenfold, consisting of sixteen parts)

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare, they state)

• अध्यात्मगतिचिन्तकाः (adhyātmagaticintakāḥ) - those who ponder the path of the self (ātman) (thinkers about the path of the self, contemplators of spiritual progress)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular, addressed directly) (you)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, also (indeed, only, just, quite)

• अन्ये (anye) - other (wise individuals) (others)

• च (ca) - and

• विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - wise individuals (wise ones, scholars, learned persons)

• तत्त्वबुद्धिविशारदाः (tattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ) - skilled in the understanding of ultimate reality (tattva) (expert in the intellect concerning reality, skilled in understanding truth)

Words meanings and morphology

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind, referring to the internal faculty (mind, intellect, internal organ, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, conscience, thought, faculty of thought and feeling

Root: man (class 4)

षोडशकम् (ṣoḍaśakam) - sixteenfold (referring to the mind's constituents) (sixteenfold, consisting of sixteen parts)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ṣoḍaśaka

ṣoḍaśaka - sixteenfold, consisting of sixteen, a group of sixteen

Derived from ṣoḍaśan (sixteen) + -ka (suffix indicating 'group of' or 'relating to')

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ' in gender and number.

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare, they state)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra + ah

Present indicative, 3rd person plural

Irregular verb form, from root ah (also prabrū).

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

अध्यात्मगतिचिन्तकाः (adhyātmagaticintakāḥ) - those who ponder the path of the self (ātman) (thinkers about the path of the self, contemplators of spiritual progress)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhyātmagaticintaka

adhyātmagaticintaka - one who ponders the course/path of the self (ātman)

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adhyātma+gati+cintaka)

• adhyātma – relating to the self or supreme spirit; spiritual; internal
  noun (neuter)
  Compound: adhi + ātman
  Prefix: adhi
• gati – going, motion, path, course, condition, state
  noun (feminine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cintaka – thinker, contemplator, one who reflects
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root cint (to think) + -aka suffix
  Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'prāhuḥ'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular, addressed directly) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

एव (eva) - indeed, also (indeed, only, just, quite)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अन्ये (anye) - other (wise individuals) (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Refers to other 'vidvāṃsaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - wise individuals (wise ones, scholars, learned persons)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidvas

vidvas - knowing, learned, wise, skilled

Perfect active participle

From root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'anye' implicitly.

तत्त्वबुद्धिविशारदाः (tattvabuddhiviśāradāḥ) - skilled in the understanding of ultimate reality (tattva) (expert in the intellect concerning reality, skilled in understanding truth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tattvabuddhiviśārada

tattvabuddhiviśārada - one skilled in the intellect for truth/reality

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+buddhi+viśārada)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, reason, discernment
  noun (feminine)
  From root budh (to know)
  Root: budh (class 1)
• viśārada – expert, skilled, proficient, clever
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vidvāṃsaḥ'.