महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-14, chapter-25, verse-6
घ्राता भक्षयिता द्रष्टा स्प्रष्टा श्रोता च पञ्चमः ।
मन्ता बोद्धा च सप्तैते विज्ञेयाः कर्तृहेतवः ॥६॥
मन्ता बोद्धा च सप्तैते विज्ञेयाः कर्तृहेतवः ॥६॥
6. ghrātā bhakṣayitā draṣṭā spraṣṭā śrotā ca pañcamaḥ ,
mantā boddhā ca saptaite vijñeyāḥ kartṛhetavaḥ.
mantā boddhā ca saptaite vijñeyāḥ kartṛhetavaḥ.
6.
ghrātā bhakṣayitā draṣṭā spraṣṭā śrotā ca pañcamaḥ
mantā boddhā ca sapta ete vijñeyāḥ kartṛhetavaḥ
mantā boddhā ca sapta ete vijñeyāḥ kartṛhetavaḥ
6.
ghrātā bhakṣayitā draṣṭā spraṣṭā śrotā ca pañcamaḥ
mantā boddhā ca ete sapta kartṛhetavaḥ vijñeyāḥ
mantā boddhā ca ete sapta kartṛhetavaḥ vijñeyāḥ
6.
The smeller, the taster, the seer, the toucher, and the hearer as the fifth; and the thinker and the understander—these seven should be known as the causes of agency.
Words meanings summery:
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- घ्राता (ghrātā) - the smeller (smeller, one who smells)
- भक्षयिता (bhakṣayitā) - the taster (taster, eater, devourer)
- द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the seer (seer, observer, witness)
- स्प्रष्टा (spraṣṭā) - the toucher (toucher, one who touches)
- श्रोता (śrotā) - the hearer (hearer, listener)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ) - the fifth (one) (fifth)
- मन्ता (mantā) - the thinker (who uses the mind) (thinker, one who thinks, conceiver)
- बोद्धा (boddhā) - the understander (who uses the intellect) (knower, understander, one who awakens)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- सप्त (sapta) - seven
- एते (ete) - these (seven) (these, these ones)
- विज्ञेयाः (vijñeyāḥ) - should be known (to be known, knowable, should be known)
- कर्तृहेतवः (kartṛhetavaḥ) - causes of agency (causes of doership, reasons for agency)
Words meanings and morphology
घ्राता (ghrātā) - the smeller (smeller, one who smells)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ghrātṛ
ghrātṛ - smeller, one who smells
Agent noun
From root √ghrā (to smell) + suffix -tṛ
Root: ghrā (class 1)
भक्षयिता (bhakṣayitā) - the taster (taster, eater, devourer)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣayitṛ
bhakṣayitṛ - taster, eater, devourer
Agent noun
From root √bhakṣ (to eat, taste) + suffix -tṛ
Root: bhakṣ (class 1)
द्रष्टा (draṣṭā) - the seer (seer, observer, witness)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of draṣṭṛ
draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, witness
Agent noun
From root √dṛś (to see) + suffix -tṛ
Root: dṛś (class 1)
स्प्रष्टा (spraṣṭā) - the toucher (toucher, one who touches)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of spraṣṭṛ
spraṣṭṛ - toucher, one who touches
Agent noun
From root √spṛś (to touch) + suffix -tṛ
Root: spṛś (class 6)
श्रोता (śrotā) - the hearer (hearer, listener)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śrotṛ
śrotṛ - hearer, listener
Agent noun
From root √śru (to hear) + suffix -tṛ
Root: śru (class 5)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ) - the fifth (one) (fifth)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pañcama
pañcama - fifth
Derived from pañcan (five)
मन्ता (mantā) - the thinker (who uses the mind) (thinker, one who thinks, conceiver)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mantṛ
mantṛ - thinker, one who thinks, conceiver
Agent noun
From root √man (to think) + suffix -tṛ
Root: man (class 4)
बोद्धा (boddhā) - the understander (who uses the intellect) (knower, understander, one who awakens)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of boddhṛ
boddhṛ - knower, understander, one who awakens, intelligent person
Agent noun
From root √budh (to know, understand) + suffix -tṛ
Root: budh (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
सप्त (sapta) - seven
(numeral)
एते (ete) - these (seven) (these, these ones)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of etad
etad - this, these
demonstrative pronoun
विज्ञेयाः (vijñeyāḥ) - should be known (to be known, knowable, should be known)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vijñeya
vijñeya - to be known, knowable, comprehensible
Gerundive
From prefix vi- + root √jñā (to know) + suffix -eya
Prefix: vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Gerundive functions as an adjective here.
कर्तृहेतवः (kartṛhetavaḥ) - causes of agency (causes of doership, reasons for agency)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kartṛhetu
kartṛhetu - cause of doership, reason for agency
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kartṛ+hetu)
- kartṛ – doer, agent, creator, performer
noun (masculine)
Agent noun
From root √kṛ (to do, make) + suffix -tṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8) - hetu – cause, reason, motive, instrument
noun (masculine)