महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-49, verse-32

यन्नैव गन्धिनो रस्यं न रूपस्पर्शशब्दवत् ।
मन्यन्ते मुनयो बुद्ध्या तत्प्रधानं प्रचक्षते ॥३२॥

32. yannaiva gandhino rasyaṁ na rūpasparśaśabdavat ,
manyante munayo buddhyā tatpradhānaṁ pracakṣate.

32. yat na eva gandhinaḥ rasyam na rūpasparśaśabdavat
manyante munayaḥ buddhyā tat pradhānam pracakṣate

32. munayaḥ buddhyā yat na eva gandhinaḥ na rasyam na rūpasparśaśabdavat (asti),
tat pradhānam pracakṣate

32. That which indeed possesses neither fragrance nor taste, nor form, touch, or sound – that, the sages (muni), by their intellect, declare to be the primal cause (pradhāna).

Words meanings summery:

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

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• गन्धिनः (gandhinaḥ) - having smell, odorous, fragrant

• रस्यम् (rasyam) - tasteful, savory, having taste

• न (na) - not, no

• रूपस्पर्शशब्दवत् (rūpasparśaśabdavat) - possessing form, touch, and sound

• मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they consider, they think, they believe

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics (muni)

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, with intelligence

• तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to the primal cause)

• प्रधानम् (pradhānam) - the primal cause (pradhāna), primal nature, the unmanifest

• प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare, they call, they explain

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, that which, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

गन्धिनः (gandhinaḥ) - having smell, odorous, fragrant

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gandhin

gandhin - possessing smell, fragrant, odorous

Derived from 'gandha' with the possessive suffix '-in'.

रस्यम् (rasyam) - tasteful, savory, having taste

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rasya

rasya - to be tasted, tasteful, savory

Gerundive

Derived from 'ras' with the suffix '-ya'.

Root: ras (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

रूपस्पर्शशब्दवत् (rūpasparśaśabdavat) - possessing form, touch, and sound

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpasparśaśabdavat

rūpasparśaśabdavat - possessing form, touch, and sound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rūpa+sparśa+śabda+-vat)

• rūpa – form, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• sparśa – touch, contact
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
• -vat – possessing, having, like
  suffix
  Taddhita suffix indicating possession.

मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they consider, they think, they believe

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics (muni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, inspired person

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, by understanding, with intelligence

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, intelligence

Root: budh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, it (referring to the primal cause)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

प्रधानम् (pradhānam) - the primal cause (pradhāna), primal nature, the unmanifest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradhāna

pradhāna - primary cause, chief, principal, primal nature (prakṛti)

Prefix: pra

Root: dhā (class 3)

प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare, they call, they explain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pracakṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: cakṣ (class 2)