महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-326, verse-26

सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव गुणानेतान्प्रचक्षते ।
एते सर्वशरीरेषु तिष्ठन्ति विचरन्ति च ॥२६॥

26. sattvaṁ rajastamaścaiva guṇānetānpracakṣate ,
ete sarvaśarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca.

26. sattvam rajas tamaḥ ca eva guṇān etān pracakṣate
ete sarvaśarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca

26. sattvam rajas tamaḥ ca eva etān guṇān pracakṣate.
ete ca sarvaśarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca

26. They indeed describe these as the qualities (guṇas): sattva, rajas, and tamas. These (qualities) dwell and move about in all bodies.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the quality of sattva (the quality of goodness, purity, reality)

• रजस् (rajas) - the quality of rajas (the quality of passion, activity, dust)

• तमः (tamaḥ) - the quality of tamas (the quality of darkness, inertia, ignorance)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, also, just

• गुणान् (guṇān) - the qualities

• एतान् (etān) - these

• प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare, they call, they describe

• एते (ete) - these

• सर्वशरीरेषु (sarvaśarīreṣu) - in all bodies

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they dwell, they exist

• विचरन्ति (vicaranti) - they move about, they wander, they act

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the quality of sattva (the quality of goodness, purity, reality)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, purity, existence, reality, essence

रजस् (rajas) - the quality of rajas (the quality of passion, activity, dust)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - passion, activity, dust, impurity, middle quality of nature

तमः (tamaḥ) - the quality of tamas (the quality of darkness, inertia, ignorance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, inertia, the lowest quality of nature

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also, just

(indeclinable)

गुणान् (guṇān) - the qualities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent of prakṛti, thread

एतान् (etān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare, they call, they describe

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

सर्वशरीरेषु (sarvaśarīreṣu) - in all bodies

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvaśarīra

sarvaśarīra - all bodies

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+śarīra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• śarīra – body, corporeal form
  noun (neuter)

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they dwell, they exist

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

विचरन्ति (vicaranti) - they move about, they wander, they act

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)