महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-239, verse-25

तथा मोहः प्रमादश्च तन्द्री निद्राप्रबोधिता ।
कथंचिदभिवर्तन्ते विज्ञेयास्तामसा गुणाः ॥२५॥

25. tathā mohaḥ pramādaśca tandrī nidrāprabodhitā ,
kathaṁcidabhivartante vijñeyāstāmasā guṇāḥ.

25. tathā mohaḥ pramādaḥ ca tandrī nidrāprabodhitā
kathaṃcit abhivartante vijñeyāḥ tāmasāḥ guṇāḥ

25. tathā mohaḥ pramādaḥ ca tandrī nidrāprabodhitā
tāmasāḥ guṇāḥ vijñeyāḥ kathaṃcit abhivartante

25. Similarly, delusion (moha), heedlessness, lethargy, and intense sleep—these are to be understood as the qualities of dullness (tamas), and they manifest in various ways.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, and, similarly)

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance

• प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, error

• च (ca) - and, also

• तन्द्री (tandrī) - lassitude, lethargy, drowsiness, idleness

• निद्राप्रबोधिता (nidrāprabodhitā) - intense sleep (characteristic of tamas) (instigated sleep, aroused sleep, intense sleep, sleepiness)

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, in some way, by some means

• अभिवर्तन्ते (abhivartante) - they manifest, they exist, they turn towards

• विज्ञेयाः (vijñeyāḥ) - to be known, to be understood

• तामसाः (tāmasāḥ) - tamasic, relating to tamas, dull, dark

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, strands (of nature)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance

from root muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

प्रमादः (pramādaḥ) - carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, error

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pramāda

pramāda - carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, error

from prefix pra- and root mad (to be intoxicated, to be careless)

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तन्द्री (tandrī) - lassitude, lethargy, drowsiness, idleness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tandrī

tandrī - lassitude, lethargy, drowsiness, idleness

निद्राप्रबोधिता (nidrāprabodhitā) - intense sleep (characteristic of tamas) (instigated sleep, aroused sleep, intense sleep, sleepiness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nidrāprabodhitā

nidrāprabodhitā - instigated sleep, aroused sleep, intense sleep

compound of nidrā (sleep) and prabodhita (instigated/aroused/stimulated)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nidrā+prabodhita)

• nidrā – sleep, slumber
  noun (feminine)
• prabodhita – awakened, aroused, instigated, stimulated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from prefix pra- and root budh (to wake, to know)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: budh (class 1)

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, in some way, by some means

(indeclinable)

from katham (how?) + cit (particle for indefiniteness)

अभिवर्तन्ते (abhivartante) - they manifest, they exist, they turn towards

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of abhivṛt

Present Indicative, Ātmanepada, 3rd Person Plural

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विज्ञेयाः (vijñeyāḥ) - to be known, to be understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vijñeya

vijñeya - to be known, to be understood, knowable

Gerundive

from prefix vi- and root jñā (to know)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

तामसाः (tāmasāḥ) - tamasic, relating to tamas, dull, dark

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāmasa

tāmasa - tamasic, relating to tamas, dull, dark, ignorant

derived from tamas

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - qualities, attributes, strands (of nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, strand, excellence