महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-220, verse-107

रजश्च हि तमश्च त्वा स्पृशतो न जितेन्द्रियम् ।
निष्प्रीतिं नष्टसंतापं त्वमात्मानमुपाससे ॥१०७॥

107. rajaśca hi tamaśca tvā spṛśato na jitendriyam ,
niṣprītiṁ naṣṭasaṁtāpaṁ tvamātmānamupāsase.

107. rajaḥ ca hi tamaḥ ca tvā spṛśataḥ na jitendriyam
niṣprītim naṣṭasaṃtāpam tvam ātmānam upāsase

107. hi rajaḥ ca tamaḥ ca jitendriyam tvā na spṛśataḥ
tvam niṣprītim naṣṭasaṃtāpam ātmānam upāsase

107. Indeed, neither activity (rajas) nor inertia (tamas) touches you, who are self-controlled (jitendriya). You cultivate your self (ātman), which is free from attachment and completely devoid of suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• रजः (rajaḥ) - the quality of activity (rajas) (passion, activity, dust)

• च (ca) - and, also

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• तमः (tamaḥ) - the quality of inertia (tamas) (darkness, ignorance, inertia)

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

• स्पृशतः (spṛśataḥ) - they (two) touch

• न (na) - not, no

• जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has controlled senses

• निष्प्रीतिम् (niṣprītim) - devoid of affection/joy/attachment

• नष्टसंतापम् (naṣṭasaṁtāpam) - whose distress/suffering is destroyed

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, your self (ātman)

• उपाससे (upāsase) - you attend upon, you cultivate, you worship

Words meanings and morphology

रजः (rajaḥ) - the quality of activity (rajas) (passion, activity, dust)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - passion, activity, dust, impurity, menstruation; one of the three guṇas

Root: rañj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

तमः (tamaḥ) - the quality of inertia (tamas) (darkness, ignorance, inertia)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, inertia, gloom; one of the three guṇas

Root: tam (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

स्पृशतः (spṛśataḥ) - they (two) touch

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present indicative (laṭ) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Refers to 'rajaḥ' and 'tamaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has controlled senses

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered or controlled the senses, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, won, overcome
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ji' (to conquer, to win).
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tvā'.

निष्प्रीतिम् (niṣprītim) - devoid of affection/joy/attachment

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niṣprīti

niṣprīti - devoid of joy/love/attachment, indifferent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+prīti)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• prīti – love, joy, satisfaction, affection, attachment
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'prī' (to please, to love).
  Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmānam'.

नष्टसंतापम् (naṣṭasaṁtāpam) - whose distress/suffering is destroyed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naṣṭasaṃtāpa

naṣṭasaṁtāpa - whose distress/suffering is destroyed, free from trouble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+saṃtāpa)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, vanished, ruined
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'naś' (to perish, to be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• saṃtāpa – distress, suffering, torment, heat
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam' (together, completely) + root 'tap' (to heat, to suffer).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmānam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - the self, your self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

Root: an

Note: Object of 'upāsase'.

उपाससे (upāsase) - you attend upon, you cultivate, you worship

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of upās

From root 'ās' (to sit) with prefix 'upa-'.

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)