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14,49

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-49, verse-48

शब्दस्पर्शौ च विज्ञेयौ द्विगुणो वायुरुच्यते ।
वायोश्चापि गुणः स्पर्शः स्पर्शश्च बहुधा स्मृतः ॥४८॥
48. śabdasparśau ca vijñeyau dviguṇo vāyurucyate ,
vāyoścāpi guṇaḥ sparśaḥ sparśaśca bahudhā smṛtaḥ.
48. śabdasparśau ca vijñeyau dviguṇaḥ vāyuḥ ucyate
vāyoḥ ca api guṇaḥ sparśaḥ sparśaḥ ca bahudhā smṛtaḥ
48. Sound and touch are to be understood; air (vāyu) is said to possess two qualities. Indeed, touch is a quality of air (vāyu), and this touch is remembered to manifest in many forms.

Words meanings summery:

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  • शब्दस्पर्शौ (śabdasparśau) - sound and touch (sound and touch (dual))
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • विज्ञेयौ (vijñeyau) - are to be understood (to be known, should be understood (dual))
  • द्विगुणः (dviguṇaḥ) - possessing two qualities (having two qualities, two-fold, double)
  • वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (vāyu) (air, wind, the deity Vāyu)
  • उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (is said, is declared, is described, is called)
  • वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of air (vāyu) (of air, of wind)
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • अपि (api) - indeed (also, even, indeed, too)
  • गुणः (guṇaḥ) - a quality (quality, attribute, property, constituent)
  • स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch (touch, contact, tactile sensation)
  • स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch (touch, contact, tactile sensation)
  • (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
  • बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many forms (in many ways, variously, manifoldly)
  • स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered to manifest (remembered, recorded, considered, taught)

Words meanings and morphology

शब्दस्पर्शौ (śabdasparśau) - sound and touch (sound and touch (dual))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of śabdasparśa
śabdasparśa - sound and touch (as a dvandva compound or a pair of qualities)
Compound type : dvandva (śabda+sparśa)
  • śabda – sound, noise, word
    noun (masculine)
  • sparśa – touch, contact, tactile sensation
    noun (masculine)
    From root spṛś (to touch).
    Root: spṛś (class 6)
Note: Subject of 'vijñeyau'.
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
विज्ञेयौ (vijñeyau) - are to be understood (to be known, should be understood (dual))
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of vijñeya
vijñeya - to be known, discernible, understandable
Gerundive
From root jñā (to know) with prefix vi-, suffix -eya.
Prefix: vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Agrees with 'śabdasparśau'.
द्विगुणः (dviguṇaḥ) - possessing two qualities (having two qualities, two-fold, double)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dviguṇa
dviguṇa - two-fold, having two qualities, double
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+guṇa)
  • dvi – two
    numeral
  • guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti)
    noun (masculine)
Note: Agrees with 'vāyuḥ'.
वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (vāyu) (air, wind, the deity Vāyu)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu
vāyu - air, wind, the deity Vāyu, one of the five elements
Note: Subject of 'ucyate' and qualified by 'dviguṇaḥ'.
उच्यते (ucyate) - is said (is said, is declared, is described, is called)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac
Present tense, Ātmanepada, Passive voice
Root: vac (class 2)
वायोः (vāyoḥ) - of air (vāyu) (of air, of wind)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vāyu
vāyu - air, wind, the deity Vāyu, one of the five elements
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - indeed (also, even, indeed, too)
(indeclinable)
गुणः (guṇaḥ) - a quality (quality, attribute, property, constituent)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇa
guṇa - quality, attribute, property, constituent (of prakṛti)
स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch (touch, contact, tactile sensation)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sparśa
sparśa - touch, contact, tactile sensation, sense of touch
Derived from root spṛś (to touch).
Root: spṛś (class 6)
Note: Predicate noun for 'guṇaḥ'.
स्पर्शः (sparśaḥ) - touch (touch, contact, tactile sensation)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sparśa
sparśa - touch, contact, tactile sensation, sense of touch
Derived from root spṛś (to touch).
Root: spṛś (class 6)
Note: Subject of 'smṛtaḥ'.
(ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many forms (in many ways, variously, manifoldly)
(indeclinable)
Adverbial suffix -dhā.
Note: Modifies 'smṛtaḥ'.
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered to manifest (remembered, recorded, considered, taught)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta
smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, taught
Past Passive Participle
From root smṛ (to remember).
Root: smṛ (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'sparśaḥ'.