महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-198, verse-13

नैर्गुण्याद्ब्रह्म चाप्नोति सगुणत्वान्निवर्तते ।
गुणप्रसारिणी बुद्धिर्हुताशन इवेन्धने ॥१३॥

13. nairguṇyādbrahma cāpnoti saguṇatvānnivartate ,
guṇaprasāriṇī buddhirhutāśana ivendhane.

13. nairguṇyāt brahma ca āpnoti saguṇatvāt nivartate
| guṇaprasāriṇī buddhiḥ hutāśanaḥ iva indhane

13. nairguṇyāt brahma ca āpnoti saguṇatvāt nivartate
buddhiḥ guṇaprasāriṇī iva hutāśanaḥ indhane

13. One attains Brahman (brahman) by transcending the qualities (guṇas), and one returns (to mundane existence) by being associated with qualities. The intellect (buddhi) expands the qualities (guṇas), just as fire (hutāśana) spreads through fuel.

Words meanings summery:

• नैर्गुण्यात् (nairguṇyāt) - from the state of being devoid of qualities, due to detachment from qualities, by transcending qualities

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

• च (ca) - and

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

• सगुणत्वात् (saguṇatvāt) - from the state of having qualities, due to being associated with qualities

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - returns, turns back, ceases, withdraws

• गुणप्रसारिणी (guṇaprasāriṇī) - spreading qualities, that which diffuses or extends qualities

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, mind, reason

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire (literally 'eater of oblations')

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• इन्धने (indhane) - in fuel, in firewood

Words meanings and morphology

नैर्गुण्यात् (nairguṇyāt) - from the state of being devoid of qualities, due to detachment from qualities, by transcending qualities

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nairguṇya

nairguṇya - absence of qualities, state of being qualityless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nir+guṇa)

• nir – without, out of
  indeclinable
• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent of nature
  noun (masculine)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman, the Absolute Reality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the ultimate reality, the Absolute

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

सगुणत्वात् (saguṇatvāt) - from the state of having qualities, due to being associated with qualities

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of saguṇatva

saguṇatva - state of having qualities, qualityness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saguṇa+tva)

• saguṇa – having qualities, endowed with qualities
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sa
• tva – suffix for forming abstract nouns, '-ness', '-hood'
  suffix (neuter)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - returns, turns back, ceases, withdraws

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

गुणप्रसारिणी (guṇaprasāriṇī) - spreading qualities, that which diffuses or extends qualities

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of guṇaprasāriṇī

guṇaprasārin - one who spreads qualities, spreading qualities

Agent noun

Derived from root sṛ (to flow/spread) with prefix pra, forming an agent noun with the ṇin suffix.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+prasārin)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, constituent of nature
  noun (masculine)
• prasārin – spreading, extending, diffusing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root sṛ (to flow/spread) with prefix pra and agent suffix -in.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, mind, reason

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment

Root: budh (class 1)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire (literally 'eater of oblations')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, Agni

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered (as oblation), sacrificed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root hu (to sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

इन्धने (indhane) - in fuel, in firewood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of indhana

indhana - fuel, firewood

Root: indh (class 7)