महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-49, verse-8

विषयो विषयित्वं च संबन्धोऽयमिहोच्यते ।
विषयी पुरुषो नित्यं सत्त्वं च विषयः स्मृतः ॥८॥

8. viṣayo viṣayitvaṁ ca saṁbandho'yamihocyate ,
viṣayī puruṣo nityaṁ sattvaṁ ca viṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ.

8. viṣayaḥ viṣayitvam ca sambandhaḥ ayam iha ucyate
viṣayī puruṣaḥ nityam sattvam ca viṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ

8. iha ayam sambandhaḥ viṣayaḥ viṣayitvam ca ucyate
puruṣaḥ nityam viṣayī ca sattvam viṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ

8. Here, this relationship is described as consisting of an object (viṣaya) and subjectivity (viṣayitvam). The supreme cosmic person (puruṣa) is always the subject, and nature (sattva) is considered the object.

Words meanings summery:

• विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - object, sphere, domain, sense-object

• विषयित्वम् (viṣayitvam) - subjectivity, the state of being a subject/possessor of an object

• च (ca) - and

• सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, conjunction

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is stated

• विषयी (viṣayī) - subject, experiencer, possessor of objects

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, person, soul, spirit, cosmic person

• नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, always, constantly

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - nature, existence, being, essence, goodness, intellect

• च (ca) - and

• विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - object, sphere, domain, sense-object

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - considered, remembered, taught, known

Words meanings and morphology

विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - object, sphere, domain, sense-object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sphere, domain, sense-object, scope

विषयित्वम् (viṣayitvam) - subjectivity, the state of being a subject/possessor of an object

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣayitvam

viṣayitvam - subjectivity, the state of being a subject or an experiencer

Derived from 'viṣayin' with the abstract noun suffix '-tva'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, conjunction

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha

sambandha - connection, relationship, conjunction, tie

Derived from the root 'bandh' with prefix 'sam' and suffix 'ghañ' or simply nominal formation.

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is stated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

विषयी (viṣayī) - subject, experiencer, possessor of objects

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣayin

viṣayin - subject, experiencer, relating to an object, possessing an object

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, person, soul, spirit, cosmic person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, spirit, the supreme cosmic person, self

नित्यम् (nityam) - eternally, always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - nature, existence, being, essence, goodness, intellect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - reality, existence, being, essence, nature, goodness, intellect (one of the three guṇas)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - object, sphere, domain, sense-object

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sphere, domain, sense-object, scope

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - considered, remembered, taught, known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, called to mind, considered, taught

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'smṛ'

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective here, qualifying 'sattva'.