महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-224, verse-39

गुणाः पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तरम् ।
तेषां यावत्तिथं यद्यत्तत्तत्तावद्गुणं स्मृतम् ॥३९॥

39. guṇāḥ pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvantyuttarottaram ,
teṣāṁ yāvattithaṁ yadyattattattāvadguṇaṁ smṛtam.

39. guṇāḥ pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvanti uttara-uttaram
teṣām yāvat-titham yat yat tat tat tāvat-guṇam smṛtam

39. pūrvasya pūrvasya guṇāḥ uttara-uttaram prāpnuvanti
teṣām yat yat yāvat-titham tat tat tāvat-guṇam smṛtam

39. The qualities of each preceding element accrue to the successively later ones. Whatever the number (of elements) they belong to, that many qualities are said to characterize them.

Words meanings summery:

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes

• पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of the previous, of the former

• पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of the previous, of the former

• प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they obtain, they acquire, they reach

• उत्तर-उत्तरम् (uttara-uttaram) - successively, one after another

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• यावत्-तिथम् (yāvat-titham) - of whichever number

• यत् (yat) - whichever, whatever

• यत् (yat) - whichever, whatever

• तत् (tat) - that

• तत् (tat) - that

• तावत्-गुणम् (tāvat-guṇam) - having that many qualities

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered, is declared, is traditionally known

Words meanings and morphology

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, excellence

पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of the previous, of the former

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, first, eastern

पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of the previous, of the former

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, first, eastern

प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they obtain, they acquire, they reach

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

उत्तर-उत्तरम् (uttara-uttaram) - successively, one after another

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (uttara+uttara)

• uttara – later, subsequent, northern, answer
  adjective
• uttara – later, subsequent, northern, answer
  adjective

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

यावत्-तिथम् (yāvat-titham) - of whichever number

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yāvat+tithi)

• yāvat – as much as, as many as, to the extent that
  indeclinable
• tithi – number, day of the lunar fortnight
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used adverbially.

यत् (yat) - whichever, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

यत् (yat) - whichever, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

तावत्-गुणम् (tāvat-guṇam) - having that many qualities

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāvat-guṇa

tāvat-guṇa - having so many qualities, endowed with that number of qualities

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tāvat+guṇa)

• tāvat – so much, so many, to that extent
  indeclinable
• guṇa – quality, attribute, property
  noun (masculine)

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - is remembered, is declared, is traditionally known

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, declared, taught

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ.

Root: smṛ (class 1)