महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-212, verse-28

अविवेकस्तथा मोहः प्रमादः स्वप्नतन्द्रिता ।
कथंचिदपि वर्तन्ते विविधास्तामसा गुणाः ॥२८॥

28. avivekastathā mohaḥ pramādaḥ svapnatandritā ,
kathaṁcidapi vartante vividhāstāmasā guṇāḥ.

28. avivekaḥ tathā mohaḥ pramādaḥ svapnatandritā
kathaṃcit api vartante vividhāḥ tāmasāḥ guṇāḥ

28. avivekaḥ mohaḥ pramādaḥ svapnatandritā tathā
vividhāḥ tāmasāḥ guṇāḥ kathaṃcit api vartante

28. Various qualities of inertia (tamas), such as lack of discernment, delusion, heedlessness, sleep, and lethargy, somehow manifest.

Words meanings summery:

• अविवेकः (avivekaḥ) - lack of discernment, non-discrimination, indiscretion

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, confusion, infatuation

• प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - heedlessness, carelessness, error

• स्वप्नतन्द्रिता (svapnatandritā) - sleep and lethargy, drowsiness

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by some means

• अपि (api) - even, also, although, somehow (intensifier)

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they manifest, they dwell

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold

• तामसाः (tāmasāḥ) - tamasic, relating to inertia (tamas)

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, constituents (of prakṛti)

Words meanings and morphology

अविवेकः (avivekaḥ) - lack of discernment, non-discrimination, indiscretion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aviveka

aviveka - lack of discernment, non-discrimination, indiscretion

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+viveka)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• viveka – discernment, discrimination, judgment
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from vi-√vic with suffix -a
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vic (class 7)

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, confusion, infatuation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, confusion, infatuation, bewilderment

action noun

from √muh with suffix -a

Root: muh (class 4)

प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - heedlessness, carelessness, error

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - heedlessness, carelessness, negligence, error

action noun

from pra-√mad with suffix -a

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

स्वप्नतन्द्रिता (svapnatandritā) - sleep and lethargy, drowsiness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svapnatandritā

svapnatandritā - sleep and lethargy, drowsiness

Compound type : dvandva (svapna+tandritā)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  action noun
  from √svap
  Root: svap (class 2)
• tandritā – languor, lassitude, lethargy
  noun (feminine)
  action noun
  from √tandr
  Root: tandr (class 1)

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by some means

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, although, somehow (intensifier)

(indeclinable)

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they manifest, they dwell

(verb)

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

तामसाः (tāmasāḥ) - tamasic, relating to inertia (tamas)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāmasa

tāmasa - dark, ignorant, dull, related to tamas (inertia)

derived from tamas

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, constituents (of prakṛti)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent, strand, rope