महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-313, verse-39

प्रसार्येह यथाङ्गानि कूर्मः संहरते पुनः ।
तथेन्द्रियाणि मनसा संयन्तव्यानि भिक्षुणा ॥३९॥

39. prasāryeha yathāṅgāni kūrmaḥ saṁharate punaḥ ,
tathendriyāṇi manasā saṁyantavyāni bhikṣuṇā.

39. prasārya iha yathā aṅgāni kūrmaḥ saṃharate punaḥ
tathā indriyāṇi manasā saṃyantavyāni bhikṣuṇā

39. yathā kūrmaḥ iha aṅgāni prasārya punaḥ saṃharate,
tathā bhikṣuṇā manasā indriyāṇi saṃyantavyāni

39. Just as a tortoise withdraws its limbs (aṅgāni) after extending them, so too should the senses (indriyāṇi) be controlled by the mind (manasā) of a mendicant (bhikṣu).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having stretched out, having extended, having spread

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this time

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (aṅgāni) (limbs, body parts, divisions, subordinate parts)

• कूर्मः (kūrmaḥ) - a tortoise, a turtle

• संहरते (saṁharate) - withdraws, draws together, collects, destroys

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, moreover, on the other hand

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

• इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses (indriyāṇi) (senses, organs of sense)

• मनसा (manasā) - by the mind (manasā) (by the mind, with the mind)

• संयन्तव्यानि (saṁyantavyāni) - should be controlled, to be restrained

• भिक्षुणा (bhikṣuṇā) - by a mendicant (bhikṣu) (by a mendicant, by a renunciant, by a beggar)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having stretched out, having extended, having spread

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √sṛ (to move, flow) with prefix pra- and causative √sāray, forming absolutive -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this time

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - limbs (aṅgāni) (limbs, body parts, divisions, subordinate parts)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body, part, division, member, constituent

कूर्मः (kūrmaḥ) - a tortoise, a turtle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kūrma

kūrma - tortoise, turtle

संहरते (saṁharate) - withdraws, draws together, collects, destroys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃhṛ

Present middle indicative of √hṛ (class 1) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, moreover, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses (indriyāṇi) (senses, organs of sense)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya

indriya - sense, organ of sense, faculty, virility

from Indra (lord of senses), or pertaining to Indra

मनसा (manasā) - by the mind (manasā) (by the mind, with the mind)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, soul, heart

संयन्तव्यानि (saṁyantavyāni) - should be controlled, to be restrained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saṃyantavya

saṁyantavya - to be controlled, to be restrained, to be checked

Gerundive

from √yam (to restrain) with prefix sam- and suffix -tavya

Prefix: sam

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Often used as a predicate meaning 'should be...'

भिक्षुणा (bhikṣuṇā) - by a mendicant (bhikṣu) (by a mendicant, by a renunciant, by a beggar)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhikṣu

bhikṣu - mendicant, renunciant, monk, beggar

from √bhikṣ (to beg)

Root: bhikṣ (class 1)