महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-298, verse-21

श्रोत्रं त्वक्चैव चक्षुश्च जिह्वा घ्राणं च पञ्चमम् ।
सर्गं तु षष्ठमित्याहुर्बहुचिन्तात्मकं स्मृतम् ॥२१॥

21. śrotraṁ tvakcaiva cakṣuśca jihvā ghrāṇaṁ ca pañcamam ,
sargaṁ tu ṣaṣṭhamityāhurbahucintātmakaṁ smṛtam.

21. śrotram tvak ca eva cakṣuḥ ca jihvā ghrāṇam ca pañcamam
| sargam tu ṣaṣṭham iti āhuḥ bahucintātmakam smṛtam

21. śrotram ca eva tvak ca cakṣuḥ ca jihvā ca ghrāṇam ca
pañcamam sargam tu ṣaṣṭham bahucintātmakam smṛtam iti āhuḥ

21. The ear, the skin, the eye, the tongue, and the fifth, the nose — this is called the sixth creation, and it is considered to be of a nature involving much thought or reflection (bahucintātmakam).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear, sense of hearing

• त्वक् (tvak) - skin, hide

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, power of sight

• च (ca) - and

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

• घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - nose, sense of smell

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - the fifth (of this list of sense organs) (fifth)

• सर्गम् (sargam) - creation, emanation

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• बहुचिन्तात्मकम् (bahucintātmakam) - consisting of much thought, of a reflective nature

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - remembered, declared, regarded

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear, sense of hearing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrotra

śrotra - ear, sense of hearing

Derived from root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

त्वक् (tvak) - skin, hide

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tvac

tvac - skin, hide, bark

Note: Nom. sg. of 'tvac' (feminine c-stem noun).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, power of sight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, organ of sight

Note: Nom. sg. of 'cakṣus' (neuter s-stem noun).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, organ of taste

घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - nose, sense of smell

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghrāṇa

ghrāṇa - nose, sense of smell

Derived from root ghrā (to smell).

Root: ghrā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - the fifth (of this list of sense organs) (fifth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth (ordinal numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'ghrāṇam'.

सर्गम् (sargam) - creation, emanation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, chapter

Derived from root sṛj (to create, emit).

Root: sṛj (class 6)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth (ordinal numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'sargam'.

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect indicative (lit) of vac

Root 'vac' (sometimes 'brū') forms 'āhuḥ' in perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular perfect form.

बहुचिन्तात्मकम् (bahucintātmakam) - consisting of much thought, of a reflective nature

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahucintātmaka

bahucintātmaka - consisting of much thought or reflection

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (implied) (bahu+cintā+ātman)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective
• cintā – thought, reflection, worry
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root cint (to think).
  Root: cint (class 10)
• ātman – self, soul, nature, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'sargam'.

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - remembered, declared, regarded

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, declared, taught

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sargam' and 'bahucintātmakam' as a predicate.