महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-295, verse-22

यदा तु गुणजालं तत्प्राकृतं विजुगुप्सते ।
पश्यते चापरं पश्यं तदा पश्यन्न संज्वरेत् ॥२२॥

22. yadā tu guṇajālaṁ tatprākṛtaṁ vijugupsate ,
paśyate cāparaṁ paśyaṁ tadā paśyanna saṁjvaret.

22. yadā tu guṇajālam tat prākṛtam vijugupsate
paśyate ca aparam paśyan tadā paśyan na sañjvaret

22. yadā tu tat prākṛtam guṇajālam vijugupsate ca
paśyan aparam paśyate tadā paśyan na sañjvaret

22. But when one truly loathes that network of qualities (guṇajāla) which pertains to nature (prakṛti), and simultaneously perceives the Supreme (aparam), then the perceiver does not suffer.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• गुणजालम् (guṇajālam) - network of qualities, web of guṇas

• तत् (tat) - that (network of qualities) (that)

• प्राकृतम् (prākṛtam) - originating from prakṛti (pertaining to nature, material, natural)

• विजुगुप्सते (vijugupsate) - detests, loathes, shrinks from, is disgusted with

• पश्यते (paśyate) - sees, perceives

• च (ca) - and

• अपरम् (aparam) - the Supreme Self or ultimate reality, distinct from nature (the other, the Supreme, the ultimate)

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, perceiving, the seer, the perceiver

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - the perceiver, the seer

• न (na) - not

• सञ्ज्वरेत् (sañjvaret) - should suffer, should grieve, should be afflicted

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

from relative pronoun yat

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

गुणजालम् (guṇajālam) - network of qualities, web of guṇas

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of guṇajāla

guṇajāla - network of qualities, web of constituents (guṇas)

compound of guṇa (quality) + jāla (net, web)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+jāla)

• guṇa – quality, constituent (sattva, rajas, tamas), strand, thread
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, web, snare
  noun (neuter)

तत् (tat) - that (network of qualities) (that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Refers to guṇajālam.

प्राकृतम् (prākṛtam) - originating from prakṛti (pertaining to nature, material, natural)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, normal, common, material, pertaining to prakṛti

from prakṛti + aṇ suffix

Note: Qualifies guṇajālam.

विजुगुप्सते (vijugupsate) - detests, loathes, shrinks from, is disgusted with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of vijugups

Desiderative, Present Indicative

3rd person singular present middle (ātmanepada) of desiderative of root gup (to protect/conceal) with prefix vi; here meaning 'to feel aversion' or 'detest'

Prefix: vi

Root: gup (class 1)

पश्यते (paśyate) - sees, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of dṛś

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present middle (ātmanepada) form of dṛś (alternate root paś)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपरम् (aparam) - the Supreme Self or ultimate reality, distinct from nature (the other, the Supreme, the ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apara

apara - other, inferior, subsequent, western, supreme (in philosophical contexts)

Note: Used substantively as 'the other' or 'the Supreme' object of perception.

पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, perceiving, the seer, the perceiver

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyat

dṛś - seeing, perceiving, the seer

Present Active Participle

nominative singular masculine of present active participle of root dṛś (alternate root paś)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as 'the perceiver'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

from demonstrative pronoun tad

पश्यन् (paśyan) - the perceiver, the seer

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyat

dṛś - seeing, perceiving, the seer

Present Active Participle

nominative singular masculine of present active participle of root dṛś (alternate root paś)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used substantively as 'the perceiver'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

सञ्ज्वरेत् (sañjvaret) - should suffer, should grieve, should be afflicted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of sañjvar

Optative Mood

3rd person singular optative active of root jvar with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: jvar (class 1)