महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-24, verse-11

तस्य धूमस्तमोरूपं रजो भस्म सुरेतसः ।
सत्त्वं संजायते तस्य यत्र प्रक्षिप्यते हविः ॥११॥

11. tasya dhūmastamorūpaṁ rajo bhasma suretasaḥ ,
sattvaṁ saṁjāyate tasya yatra prakṣipyate haviḥ.

11. tasya dhūmaḥ tamaḥ rūpam rajaḥ bhasma suretasaḥ
sattvaṃ sañjāyate tasya yatra prakṣipyate haviḥ

11. tasya dhūmaḥ tamaḥ rūpam suretasaḥ tasya bhasma rajaḥ yatra haviḥ prakṣipyate,
tasya sattvaṃ sañjāyate

11. The smoke of that (fire) represents darkness (tamas); its ash, from the well-kindled fire (suretas), represents passion (rajas). Goodness (sattva) arises from that (fire) where the oblation (havis) is offered.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of the fire (Agni) from the previous verse (its, of it)

• धूमः (dhūmaḥ) - smoke

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

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• रजः (rajaḥ) - the quality of passion or agitation (rajas) (dust, passion, activity (rajas))

• भस्म (bhasma) - ash

• सुरेतसः (suretasaḥ) - of the well-kindled fire (Agni) (of good seed, of auspicious origin, of a good generative power)

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

• सञ्जायते (sañjāyate) - arises, is born, develops

• तस्य (tasya) - from that (fire), indicating origin (its, of it)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

• प्रक्षिप्यते (prakṣipyate) - is cast, is offered

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial offering (havis)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of the fire (Agni) from the previous verse (its, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

धूमः (dhūmaḥ) - smoke

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhūma

dhūma - smoke, vapor

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia (tamas)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature, beauty

रजः (rajaḥ) - the quality of passion or agitation (rajas) (dust, passion, activity (rajas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, passion, activity, quality of agitation (rajas)

भस्म (bhasma) - ash

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhasman

bhasman - ash, cinders

सुरेतसः (suretasaḥ) - of the well-kindled fire (Agni) (of good seed, of auspicious origin, of a good generative power)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of suretas

suretas - having good seed, of auspicious origin, potent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+retas)

• su – good, well, auspicious
  indeclinable
• retas – seed, semen, fluid, origin
  noun (neuter)

Note: modifies Agni, implicit

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - essence, existence, goodness, purity, quality of luminosity (sattva)

सञ्जायते (sañjāyate) - arises, is born, develops

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃjan

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

तस्य (tasya) - from that (fire), indicating origin (its, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: genitive used in the sense of 'from it' or 'from which it arises'

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which

(indeclinable)

प्रक्षिप्यते (prakṣipyate) - is cast, is offered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of prakṣip

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣip (class 6)

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial offering (havis)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, sacrificial offering, ghee (havis)