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6,37

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-37, verse-9

श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च ।
अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥९॥
9. śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ ca rasanaṁ ghrāṇameva ca ,
adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṁ viṣayānupasevate.
9. śrotram cakṣuḥ sparśanam ca rasanam ghrāṇam eva
ca adhiṣṭhāya manaḥ ca ayam viṣayān upasevate
9. ayam śrotram cakṣuḥ sparśanam rasanam ghrāṇam
eva ca manaḥ ca adhiṣṭhāya viṣayān upasevate
9. Presiding over the ear, the eye, the sense of touch, taste, and smell, as well as the mind, this one then experiences the objects of the senses.

Words meanings summery:

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  • श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear, sense of hearing
  • चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, sense of sight
  • स्पर्शनम् (sparśanam) - touch, sense of touch
  • (ca) - and, also
  • रसनम् (rasanam) - taste, sense of taste, tongue
  • घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - smell, sense of smell, nose
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even
  • (ca) - and, also
  • अधिष्ठाय (adhiṣṭhāya) - having presided over, having taken hold of, having occupied
  • मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, internal organ
  • (ca) - and, also
  • अयम् (ayam) - refers to the embodied self (puruṣa) (this, this one)
  • विषयान् (viṣayān) - objects of the senses, sense objects
  • उपसेवते (upasevate) - experiences, perceives, enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोत्रम् (śrotram) - ear, sense of hearing
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śrotra
śrotra - the ear, the organ of hearing; hearing, listening
Root: śru (class 1)
चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ) - eye, sense of sight
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of cakṣus
cakṣus - the eye, the organ of sight; sight, vision
स्पर्शनम् (sparśanam) - touch, sense of touch
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sparśana
sparśana - touch, the act of touching; the sense of touch
Root: spṛś (class 6)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
रसनम् (rasanam) - taste, sense of taste, tongue
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of rasana
rasana - the tongue, the organ of taste; the act of tasting
Root: ras (class 1)
घ्राणम् (ghrāṇam) - smell, sense of smell, nose
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ghrāṇa
ghrāṇa - the nose, the organ of smell; the act of smelling
Root: ghrā (class 1)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, even
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
अधिष्ठाय (adhiṣṭhāya) - having presided over, having taken hold of, having occupied
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
Derived from root sthā with prefix adhi, forming an absolutive.
Prefix: adhi
Root: sthā (class 1)
मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, internal organ
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding; internal organ
Root: man (class 4)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
अयम् (ayam) - refers to the embodied self (puruṣa) (this, this one)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one (near speaker)
विषयान् (viṣayān) - objects of the senses, sense objects
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣaya
viṣaya - object of sense, sphere of activity, subject matter
उपसेवते (upasevate) - experiences, perceives, enjoys
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of upasev
Prefix: upa
Root: sev (class 1)