महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-261, verse-50

वैगुण्यमेव पश्यन्ति न गुणाननुयुञ्जते ।
तेषां तमःशरीराणां तम एव परायणम् ॥५०॥

50. vaiguṇyameva paśyanti na guṇānanuyuñjate ,
teṣāṁ tamaḥśarīrāṇāṁ tama eva parāyaṇam.

50. vaiguṇyam eva paśyanti na guṇān anuyuñjate
teṣām tamaḥśarīrāṇām tamaḥ eva parāyaṇam

50. teṣām tamaḥśarīrāṇām vaiguṇyam eva paśyanti
guṇān na anuyuñjate tamaḥ eva parāyaṇam

50. They perceive only flaws and do not attend to merits. For those whose bodies are darkness (tamas), darkness (tamas) alone is the ultimate refuge.

Words meanings summery:

• वैगुण्यम् (vaiguṇyam) - defect, fault, lack of good quality

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• न (na) - not, no

• गुणान् (guṇān) - merits, good qualities

• अनुयुञ्जते (anuyuñjate) - they attend to, they resort to, they practice

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

• तमःशरीराणाम् (tamaḥśarīrāṇām) - of those whose bodies are darkness/ignorance

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, ignorance, inertia

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge, highest goal, supreme resort

Words meanings and morphology

वैगुण्यम् (vaiguṇyam) - defect, fault, lack of good quality

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiguṇya

vaiguṇya - defect, fault, lack of good quality

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

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

Present Active Third Person Plural

Present stem paśya- from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गुणान् (guṇān) - merits, good qualities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, merit, virtue, excellence

अनुयुञ्जते (anuyuñjate) - they attend to, they resort to, they practice

(verb)

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

Present Middle Third Person Plural

From prefix anu + root yuj. Conjugated in middle voice.

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तमःशरीराणाम् (tamaḥśarīrāṇām) - of those whose bodies are darkness/ignorance

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tamaḥśarīra

tamaḥśarīra - having a body of darkness/ignorance

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tamas+śarīra)

• tamas – darkness, ignorance, quality of inertia
  noun (neuter)
• śarīra – body, physical form
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śrī

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, ignorance, inertia

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, quality of inertia

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - ultimate refuge, highest goal, supreme resort

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parāyaṇam

parāyaṇam - ultimate refuge, highest goal, supreme resort