महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-293, verse-34

गुणा गुणेषु जायन्ते तत्रैव निविशन्ति च ।
एवं गुणाः प्रकृतितो जायन्ते च न सन्ति च ॥३४॥

34. guṇā guṇeṣu jāyante tatraiva niviśanti ca ,
evaṁ guṇāḥ prakṛtito jāyante ca na santi ca.

34. guṇā guṇeṣu jāyante tatra eva niviśanti ca
evam guṇāḥ prakṛtitaḥ jāyante ca na santi ca

34. guṇā guṇeṣu jāyante tatra eva ca niviśanti
evam guṇāḥ prakṛtitaḥ jāyante ca na ca santi

34. Qualities (guṇa) arise among qualities and reside within them. Thus, qualities (guṇa) are born from nature (prakṛti) and also do not truly exist.

Words meanings summery:

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

• गुणेषु (guṇeṣu) - among qualities (in qualities, among attributes)

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - arise (they are born, they arise)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (within qualities) (there, in that place)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed (emphasizes 'tatra') (only, just, indeed)

• निविशन्ति (niviśanti) - reside (they enter, they reside)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

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

• प्रकृतितः (prakṛtitaḥ) - from nature (prakṛti) (from nature, by nature)

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born (they are born, they arise)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• सन्ति (santi) - exist (not truly exist) (they are, they exist)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

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

गुणेषु (guṇeṣu) - among qualities (in qualities, among attributes)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of guṇa

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

जायन्ते (jāyante) - arise (they are born, they arise)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of jan

Present Middle

from root `jan` (to be born); 3rd plural present

Root: jan (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there (within qualities) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed (emphasizes 'tatra') (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

निविशन्ति (niviśanti) - reside (they enter, they reside)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of niviś

Present Active

from `ni-viś` (to enter, settle); 3rd plural present

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

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

प्रकृतितः (prakṛtitaḥ) - from nature (prakṛti) (from nature, by nature)

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, primal matter, original form, constitution

Derived from `prakṛti` + `tas` suffix (ablative sense)

Note: Here used as an indeclinable to denote source 'from nature'

जायन्ते (jāyante) - are born (they are born, they arise)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of jan

Present Middle

from root `jan` (to be born); 3rd plural present

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

सन्ति (santi) - exist (not truly exist) (they are, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

from root `as` (to be); 3rd plural present

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)