महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-33

निरिन्द्रियस्याबीजस्य निर्द्रव्यस्यास्य देहिनः ।
कथं गुणा भविष्यन्ति निर्गुणत्वान्महात्मनः ॥३३॥

33. nirindriyasyābījasya nirdravyasyāsya dehinaḥ ,
kathaṁ guṇā bhaviṣyanti nirguṇatvānmahātmanaḥ.

33. nirindriyasya abījasya nirdravyasya asya dehinaḥ
katham guṇā bhaviṣyanti nirguṇatvāt mahātmanaḥ

33. nirindriyasya abījasya nirdravyasya asya dehinaḥ
guṇā katham bhaviṣyanti mahātmanaḥ nirguṇatvāt

33. How can qualities (guṇa) exist for this embodied being who is without senses, without seed, and without substance, given the quality-less (nirguṇa) nature of the great self (mahātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• निरिन्द्रियस्य (nirindriyasya) - of this embodied being who is without senses (of one without senses)

• अबीजस्य (abījasya) - of this embodied being who is without seed (of one without seed, seedless)

• निर्द्रव्यस्य (nirdravyasya) - of this embodied being who is without substance (of one without substance, substanceless)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (referring to the embodied being) (of this)

• देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of this embodied being (of an embodied being)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• गुणा (guṇā) - qualities (guṇa) (qualities, attributes, strands of nature)

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will exist (they will be, they will exist)

• निर्गुणत्वात् (nirguṇatvāt) - given the quality-less nature (due to the state of being quality-less)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great self (mahātman) (of the great self, of the great soul)

Words meanings and morphology

निरिन्द्रियस्य (nirindriyasya) - of this embodied being who is without senses (of one without senses)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nirindriya

nirindriya - without senses, devoid of sense organs

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+indriya)

• nir – without, devoid of, negation
  indeclinable
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `dehinaḥ`

अबीजस्य (abījasya) - of this embodied being who is without seed (of one without seed, seedless)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abīja

abīja - seedless, without origin, sterile

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+bīja)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• bīja – seed, origin, cause, germ
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `dehinaḥ`

निर्द्रव्यस्य (nirdravyasya) - of this embodied being who is without substance (of one without substance, substanceless)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nirdravya

nirdravya - without substance, immaterial

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+dravya)

• nir – without, devoid of, negation
  indeclinable
• dravya – substance, object, material
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `dehinaḥ`

अस्य (asya) - of this (referring to the embodied being) (of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Modifies `dehinaḥ`

देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of this embodied being (of an embodied being)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, an embodied being, a soul in a body

derived from `deha` (body) + `in` suffix

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

गुणा (guṇā) - qualities (guṇa) (qualities, attributes, strands of nature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, virtue, strand (of prakṛti)

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will exist (they will be, they will exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛt) of bhū

Future Active

from root `bhū` (to be); 3rd plural future

Root: bhū (class 1)

निर्गुणत्वात् (nirguṇatvāt) - given the quality-less nature (due to the state of being quality-less)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nirguṇatva

nirguṇatva - the state of being without qualities, quality-less nature

Derived from `nirguṇa` (without qualities) + `tva` (suffix for abstract nouns)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nirguṇa+tva)

• nirguṇa – without qualities, quality-less
  adjective (masculine)
• tva – suffix for abstract noun, -ness, -hood
  noun (neuter)
  Suffix used to form abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great self (mahātman) (of the great self, of the great soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great self, great soul, a great person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)