महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-20, verse-6

ग्राह्यं दृश्यं च श्राव्यं च यदिदं कर्म विद्यते ।
एतदेव व्यवस्यन्ति कर्म कर्मेति कर्मिणः ॥६॥

6. grāhyaṁ dṛśyaṁ ca śrāvyaṁ ca yadidaṁ karma vidyate ,
etadeva vyavasyanti karma karmeti karmiṇaḥ.

6. grāhyam dṛśyam ca śrāvyam ca yat idam karma vidyate
etat eva vyavasyanti karma karma iti karmiṇaḥ

6. Whatever is perceptible, visible, and audible – this is what action (karma) is known to be. Those who perform actions (karma) consider this very thing to be 'action'.

Words meanings summery:

• ग्राह्यम् (grāhyam) - to be perceived (to be grasped, to be perceived, to be accepted)

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - to be seen (to be seen, visible)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• श्राव्यम् (śrāvyam) - to be heard (to be heard, audible)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that which)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

• विद्यते (vidyate) - is known to be (exists, is found, is known)

• एतत् (etat) - this very thing (this, this very thing)

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

• व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they consider (they decide, they determine, they consider, they undertake)

• कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

• कर्म (karma) - 'action' (karma) (as a direct quote) (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

• इति (iti) - thus (marking a quote) (thus, so, (quotation marker))

• कर्मिणः (karmiṇaḥ) - those who perform actions (doers of action, ritualists, active persons)

Words meanings and morphology

ग्राह्यम् (grāhyam) - to be perceived (to be grasped, to be perceived, to be accepted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of grāhya

grāhya - to be grasped, to be perceived, to be accepted

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From √grah (to grasp) + ṇyat suffix

Root: √grah (class 9)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - to be seen (to be seen, visible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - to be seen, visible

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From √dṛś (to see) + ṇyat suffix

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

श्राव्यम् (śrāvyam) - to be heard (to be heard, audible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrāvya

śrāvya - to be heard, audible

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

From √śru (to hear) + ṇyat suffix (from causative stem)

Root: √śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - that which (which, what, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual (karma)

From √kṛ (to do)

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

विद्यते (vidyate) - is known to be (exists, is found, is known)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (Laṭ) of √vid

Present Middle form, passive sense (class 4)

Root: √vid (class 4)

एतत् (etat) - this very thing (this, this very thing)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

एव (eva) - only (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

व्यवस्यन्ति (vyavasyanti) - they consider (they decide, they determine, they consider, they undertake)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (Laṭ) of √vyavasā

From vi-ava-√so. Present 3rd Plural.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: √so (class 4)

कर्म (karma) - action (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual (karma)

From √kṛ (to do)

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

कर्म (karma) - 'action' (karma) (as a direct quote) (action, deed, work, ritual (karma))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual (karma)

From √kṛ (to do)

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus (marking a quote) (thus, so, (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

कर्मिणः (karmiṇaḥ) - those who perform actions (doers of action, ritualists, active persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karmin

karmin - doer of action, performer of rituals, active person

From karma + -in suffix