महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-12, verse-3

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शीतोष्णे चैव वायुश्च गुणा राजञ्शरीरजाः ।
तेषां गुणानां साम्यं चेत्तदाहुः स्वस्थलक्षणम् ।
उष्णेन बाध्यते शीतं शीतेनोष्णं च बाध्यते ॥३॥

3. śītoṣṇe caiva vāyuśca guṇā rājañśarīrajāḥ ,
teṣāṁ guṇānāṁ sāmyaṁ cettadāhuḥ svasthalakṣaṇam ,
uṣṇena bādhyate śītaṁ śītenoṣṇaṁ ca bādhyate.

3. śīta-uṣṇe ca eva vāyuḥ ca guṇāḥ rājan
śarīra-jāḥ teṣām guṇānām sāmyam cet
tadā āhuḥ svastha-lakṣaṇam uṣṇena
bādhyate śītam śītena uṣṇam ca bādhyate

3. rājan śīta-uṣṇe ca eva vāyuḥ ca
śarīra-jāḥ guṇāḥ teṣām guṇānām sāmyam cet
tadā svastha-lakṣaṇam āhuḥ uṣṇena
śītam bādhyate ca śītena uṣṇam bādhyate

3. O king, cold, heat, and also wind are qualities that originate in the body. If there is a balance of these qualities, then that is called the characteristic of a healthy state. Cold is overcome by heat, and heat is overcome by cold.

Words meanings summery:

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शीत-उष्णे (śīta-uṣṇe) - cold and heat

च (ca) - and, also

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, a physiological humor or element in the body (wind, air, vital breath)

च (ca) - and, also

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - bodily qualities or states (qualities, attributes)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

शरीर-जाः (śarīra-jāḥ) - born from the body, originating in the body

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these qualities (cold, heat, wind) (of them, of these)

गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of qualities, of attributes

साम्यम् (sāmyam) - equilibrium, balance, equality

चेत् (cet) - if

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they (people in general, experts) declare (they say, they declare)

स्वस्थ-लक्षणम् (svastha-lakṣaṇam) - characteristic of health, sign of being healthy

उष्णेन (uṣṇena) - by heat

बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is afflicted, is overcome, is oppressed

शीतम् (śītam) - cold

शीतेन (śītena) - by cold

उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - heat

च (ca) - and, also

बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is afflicted, is overcome, is oppressed

Words meanings and morphology

शीत-उष्णे (śīta-uṣṇe) - cold and heat

(noun)

neuter, dual of śīta-uṣṇa

śīta-uṣṇa - cold and heat

Compound type : dvandva (śīta+uṣṇa)

śīta – cold, coolness
noun (neuter)
From śī 'to be cold'
Root: śī (class 2)
uṣṇa – hot, heat
noun (neuter)
From uṣ 'to burn'
Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Compound of 'cold' and 'heat'. Used as a noun.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, a physiological humor or element in the body (wind, air, vital breath)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital breath (prāṇa), a deity (Vāyu), a bodily humor (doṣa)

From root vā 'to blow'

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the element of wind, often associated with a physiological humor in Ayurvedic contexts.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - bodily qualities or states (qualities, attributes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, excellence, constituent of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas)

Note: Here refers to physical attributes or states.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Direct address to a king.

शरीर-जाः (śarīra-jāḥ) - born from the body, originating in the body

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīra-ja

śarīra-ja - body-born, produced from the body, corporal

Compound of śarīra (body) and ja (born from, producing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+ja)

śarīra – body, corporeal frame
noun (neuter)
ja – born, produced, arising from
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle (derived form)
From root jan 'to be born'
Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Qualifies `guṇāḥ`.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of these qualities (cold, heat, wind) (of them, of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the qualities.

गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of qualities, of attributes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, excellence, constituent of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas)

साम्यम् (sāmyam) - equilibrium, balance, equality

(noun)

neuter, singular of sāmya

sāmya - equality, equilibrium, impartiality, balance

Derived from sama (equal)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Conditional particle.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they (people in general, experts) declare (they say, they declare)

(verb)

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

Root: ah (class 2)

Note: Often used impersonally to mean "it is said."

स्वस्थ-लक्षणम् (svastha-lakṣaṇam) - characteristic of health, sign of being healthy

(noun)

neuter, singular of svastha-lakṣaṇa

svastha-lakṣaṇa - characteristic of health, sign of a healthy person/state

Compound of svastha (healthy) and lakṣaṇa (characteristic, sign)

Compound type : tatpurusha (svastha+lakṣaṇa)

svastha – healthy, well, self-reliant, at ease
adjective (masculine)
From sva (self) + stha (standing, abiding)
Root: sthā (class 1)
lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, definition
noun (neuter)
From root lakṣ 'to observe, to mark'
Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Predicate nominative to `sāmyam`.

उष्णेन (uṣṇena) - by heat

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, heat

From uṣ 'to burn'

Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

बाध्यते (bādhyate) - is afflicted, is overcome, is oppressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of bādh

Root: bādh (class 1)