महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-14

आश्रयो नास्ति सत्त्वस्य गुणशब्दो न चेतना ।
सत्त्वं हि तेजः सृजति न गुणान्वै कदाचन ॥१४॥

14. āśrayo nāsti sattvasya guṇaśabdo na cetanā ,
sattvaṁ hi tejaḥ sṛjati na guṇānvai kadācana.

14. āśrayaḥ na asti sattvasya guṇaśabdaḥ na ca cetanā
sattvam hi tejaḥ sṛjati na guṇān vai kadācana

14. sattvasya āśrayaḥ na asti guṇaśabdaḥ ca cetanā
na sattvam hi tejaḥ sṛjati na guṇān vai kadācana

14. Sattva has no substratum. The term 'quality' (guṇa) does not refer to consciousness. Indeed, sattva generates luminosity, but never (other) qualities (guṇas) themselves.

Words meanings summery:

• आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - support, substratum, refuge

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of sattva, of existence/purity

• गुणशब्दः (guṇaśabdaḥ) - the word 'guṇa', a term for quality

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also, nor

• चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - sattva, essence, existence, purity

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, light, radiance

• सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, produces, emits

• न (na) - not

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time (often used with 'na' to mean 'never')

Words meanings and morphology

आश्रयः (āśrayaḥ) - support, substratum, refuge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśraya

āśraya - support, refuge, substratum, resort

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of sattva, of existence/purity

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - essence, existence, reality, goodness, purity, lucidity, one of the three guṇas

Root: as (class 2)

गुणशब्दः (guṇaśabdaḥ) - the word 'guṇa', a term for quality

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇaśabda

guṇaśabda - the word 'guṇa', a term referring to a quality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+śabda)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, excellence, (one of the three guṇas: sattva, rajas, tamas)
  noun (masculine)
• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, nor

(indeclinable)

चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, intelligence, perception

Root: cit (class 1)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - sattva, essence, existence, purity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - essence, existence, reality, goodness, purity, lucidity, one of the three guṇas

Root: as (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

तेजः (tejaḥ) - brilliance, light, radiance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, light, radiance, energy, spiritual power

सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, produces, emits

(verb)

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

Root: sṛj (class 6)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, excellence, (one of the three guṇas: sattva, rajas, tamas)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - ever, at any time (often used with 'na' to mean 'never')

(indeclinable)