महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-63

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तिस्रः प्रकृतयो राजन्देहबन्धेषु निर्मिताः ।
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति भारत ॥६३॥

63. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tisraḥ prakṛtayo rājandehabandheṣu nirmitāḥ ,
sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti bhārata.

63. vaiśampāyana uvāca | tisraḥ prakṛtayaḥ rājan dehabandheṣu
nirmitāḥ | sāttvikī rājasī ca eva tāmasī ca iti bhārata

63. Vaishampayana said: "O King, O Bharata, indeed three intrinsic natures (prakṛti) are created within bodily bondages: the sattvic, the rajasic, and the tamasic."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaishampayana (Vaishampayana (a sage, disciple of Vyasa))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

• प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - intrinsic natures (prakṛti) (natures, constituent principles, primordial matter)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• देहबन्धेषु (dehabandheṣu) - within bodily bondages (in bodily bondages, in the bonds of the body)

• निर्मिताः (nirmitāḥ) - created (created, formed, constructed)

• सात्त्विकी (sāttvikī) - the sattvic (sattvic, relating to sattva (goodness, purity))

• राजसी (rājasī) - the rajasic (rajasic, relating to rajas (passion, activity))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just so)

• तामसी (tāmasī) - the tamasic (tamasic, relating to tamas (darkness, inertia))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इति (iti) - namely, as such (thus, so, in this way (marks the end of a quotation or enumeration))

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (O Bharata (descendant of Bharata, an address for Janamejaya))

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaishampayana (Vaishampayana (a sage, disciple of Vyasa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaishampayana (a sage, disciple of Vyasa, narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'prakṛtayaḥ'.

प्रकृतयः (prakṛtayaḥ) - intrinsic natures (prakṛti) (natures, constituent principles, primordial matter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, intrinsic nature, primordial matter, material cause; female energy

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'nirmitāḥ'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Note: Term of address.

देहबन्धेषु (dehabandheṣu) - within bodily bondages (in bodily bondages, in the bonds of the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dehabandha

dehabandha - bondage of the body, bodily embodiment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deha+bandha)

• deha – body, corporeal form
  noun (masculine)
• bandha – bondage, fetter, tie, connection
  noun (masculine)
  From root bandh 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Specifies the location where natures are created.

निर्मिताः (nirmitāḥ) - created (created, formed, constructed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nirmita

nirmita - created, formed, made, constructed

Past Passive Participle

From nir- (prefix) + root mā (to measure, construct) + kta (passive participle suffix)

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'prakṛtayaḥ'. Implies 'are created'.

सात्त्विकी (sāttvikī) - the sattvic (sattvic, relating to sattva (goodness, purity))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāttvikī

sāttvikī - sattvic, relating to sattva (goodness, purity, truth); a mode of nature

Feminine form of sāttvika

Note: First of the three prakṛtis.

राजसी (rājasī) - the rajasic (rajasic, relating to rajas (passion, activity))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rājasī

rājasī - rajasic, relating to rajas (passion, activity, motion); a mode of nature

Feminine form of rājasika

Note: Second of the three prakṛtis.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'rājasī' and 'tāmasī'.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

तामसी (tāmasī) - the tamasic (tamasic, relating to tamas (darkness, inertia))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāmasī

tāmasī - tamasic, relating to tamas (darkness, inertia, ignorance); a mode of nature

Feminine form of tāmasika

Note: Third of the three prakṛtis.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the list of qualities with 'iti'.

इति (iti) - namely, as such (thus, so, in this way (marks the end of a quotation or enumeration))

(indeclinable)

Note: Denotes the list of three natures.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (O Bharata (descendant of Bharata, an address for Janamejaya))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; an Indian; belonging to India

Note: Term of address for Janamejaya.