महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-47, verse-34

यं दृगात्मानमात्मस्थं वृतं षोडशभिर्गुणैः ।
प्राहुः सप्तदशं सांख्यास्तस्मै सांख्यात्मने नमः ॥३४॥

34. yaṁ dṛgātmānamātmasthaṁ vṛtaṁ ṣoḍaśabhirguṇaiḥ ,
prāhuḥ saptadaśaṁ sāṁkhyāstasmai sāṁkhyātmane namaḥ.

34. yam dṛgātmanām ātmastham vṛtam ṣoḍaśabhiḥ guṇaiḥ
prāhuḥ saptadaśam sāṃkhyāḥ tasmai sāṃkhyātmane namaḥ

34. sāṃkhyāḥ yam dṛgātmanām ātmastham ṣoḍaśabhiḥ guṇaiḥ
vṛtam saptadaśam prāhuḥ tasmai sāṃkhyātmane namaḥ

34. The Sāṃkhya philosophers describe the conscious self (ātman), which resides within oneself and is enveloped by sixteen constituents, as the seventeenth element. Salutations to that self (ātman) understood through Sāṃkhya philosophy.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom, which

• दृगात्मनाम् (dṛgātmanām) - the conscious self, the viewing self

• आत्मस्थम् (ātmastham) - dwelling in the self, situated in the self

• वृतम् (vṛtam) - enveloped, surrounded, covered

• षोडशभिः (ṣoḍaśabhiḥ) - by sixteen

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the sixteen evolutes of Prakṛti (by qualities, by constituents, by strands)

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

• सप्तदशम् (saptadaśam) - the seventeenth

• सांख्याः (sāṁkhyāḥ) - the Sāṃkhya philosophers, those who follow Sāṃkhya

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to that, for that

• सांख्यात्मने (sāṁkhyātmane) - to the Sāṃkhya self, to the self as defined by Sāṃkhya

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutations, obeisance

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

दृगात्मनाम् (dṛgātmanām) - the conscious self, the viewing self

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dṛgātman

dṛgātman - the perceiving self, the conscious self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dṛś+ātman)

• dṛś – sight, vision; that which sees, the seer
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

आत्मस्थम् (ātmastham) - dwelling in the self, situated in the self

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmastha

ātmastha - situated in the self, self-abiding, inherent in the self

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+stha)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, existing
  adjective
  From root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

वृतम् (vṛtam) - enveloped, surrounded, covered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - covered, surrounded, chosen, appointed

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ (to cover, encompass) or vṛ (to choose)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

षोडशभिः (ṣoḍaśabhiḥ) - by sixteen

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of ṣoḍaśan

ṣoḍaśan - sixteen

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by the sixteen evolutes of Prakṛti (by qualities, by constituents, by strands)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, strand, rope

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

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

सप्तदशम् (saptadaśam) - the seventeenth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saptadaśa

saptadaśa - seventeenth

सांख्याः (sāṁkhyāḥ) - the Sāṃkhya philosophers, those who follow Sāṃkhya

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāṃkhya

sāṁkhya - relating to Sāṃkhya (philosophy), a Sāṃkhya follower, enumeration

तस्मै (tasmai) - to that, for that

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सांख्यात्मने (sāṁkhyātmane) - to the Sāṃkhya self, to the self as defined by Sāṃkhya

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of sāṃkhyātman

sāṁkhyātman - the self according to Sāṃkhya philosophy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāṃkhya+ātman)

• sāṃkhya – relating to Sāṃkhya (philosophy), enumeration
  noun (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

नमः (namaḥ) - salutations, obeisance

(indeclinable)