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Chapter 12.247 - Verse 11

Sanskrit Text

कथं पञ्चगुणा बुद्धिः कथं पञ्चेन्द्रिया गुणाः एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सूक्ष्मज्ञानं पितामह

English Translation

Yudhisthira said How can the understanding be said to have five properties? How again, can the five senses be described as properties. Explain to me, O grandfather, all this abstruse topic.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कथं | पञ्चन् + गुण | बुद्धिः | कथं | पञ्चन् + इन्द्रिय | गुणाः
एतद् + मद् | सर्वम् | आचक्ष्व | सूक्ष्म + ज्ञान | पितामह