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14,50

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-50, verse-3

इन्द्रियाणि मनो युङ्क्ते सदश्वानिव सारथिः ।
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिं क्षेत्रज्ञो युञ्जते सदा ॥३॥
3. indriyāṇi mano yuṅkte sadaśvāniva sārathiḥ ,
indriyāṇi mano buddhiṁ kṣetrajño yuñjate sadā.
3. indriyāṇi manaḥ yuṅkte sat aśvān iva sārathiḥ
indriyāṇi manaḥ buddhim kṣetrajñaḥ yuñjate sadā
3. sārathiḥ sat aśvān iva manaḥ indriyāṇi yuṅkte.
kṣetrajñaḥ sadā indriyāṇi manaḥ buddhim yuñjate.
3. Just as a charioteer harnesses good horses, the mind (manas) controls the senses. Similarly, the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) always controls the senses, the mind (manas), and the intellect (buddhi).

Words meanings summery:

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  • इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs
  • मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart)
  • युङ्क्ते (yuṅkte) - harnesses, controls, joins
  • सत् (sat) - good, existing, real, true
  • अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses
  • इव (iva) - like, as, just as
  • सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer
  • इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs
  • मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart)
  • बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, reason)
  • क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (knower of the field)
  • युञ्जते (yuñjate) - controls, harnesses, joins
  • सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

Words meanings and morphology

इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, pertaining to Indra
Derived from indra (lord) with suffix iya.
Note: Object of 'yuṅkte' (first occurrence) and 'yuñjate' (second occurrence).
मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart, soul
Root: man (class 4)
Note: Subject of first 'yuṅkte'.
युङ्क्ते (yuṅkte) - harnesses, controls, joins
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yuj
Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular, from root yuj.
Root: yuj (class 7)
सत् (sat) - good, existing, real, true
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sat
sat - existing, good, virtuous, real, true
Present Active Participle
Present participle of as (to be).
Root: as (class 2)
अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva
aśva - horse
Note: Object of implied verb 'controls'.
इव (iva) - like, as, just as
(indeclinable)
सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sārathi
sārathi - charioteer, driver, guide
Note: Subject of the simile.
इन्द्रियाणि (indriyāṇi) - senses, sense organs
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of indriya
indriya - sense organ, faculty of sense, pertaining to Indra
Derived from indra (lord) with suffix iya.
Note: Object of 'yuñjate'.
मनः (manaḥ) - mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, understanding, heart, soul
Root: man (class 4)
Note: Object of 'yuñjate'.
बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intellect (buddhi) (intellect, understanding, reason)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of buddhi
buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment, reason, perception
Derived from root budh (to awaken, know).
Root: budh (class 1)
Note: Object of 'yuñjate'.
क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) (knower of the field)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña
kṣetrajña - knower of the field (kṣetra), soul, spirit, the individual soul or the Supreme Soul
Compound of kṣetra (field) and jña (knower).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)
  • kṣetra – field, body, sphere of action
    noun (neuter)
  • jña – knower
    adjective (masculine)
    Derived from root jñā (to know).
    Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Subject of 'yuñjate'.
युञ्जते (yuñjate) - controls, harnesses, joins
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yuj
Present tense, Atmanepada, 3rd person singular, from root yuj.
Root: yuj (class 7)
सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually
(indeclinable)