महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-36, verse-6

तमसो मिथुनं सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं रजः ।
रजसश्चापि सत्त्वं स्यात्सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं तमः ॥६॥

6. tamaso mithunaṁ sattvaṁ sattvasya mithunaṁ rajaḥ ,
rajasaścāpi sattvaṁ syātsattvasya mithunaṁ tamaḥ.

6. tamasaḥ mithunam sattvam sattvasya mithunam rajaḥ
rajasya ca api sattvam syāt sattvasya mithunam tamaḥ

6. tamasaḥ mithunam sattvam,
sattvasya mithunam rajaḥ,
ca api rajasya sattvam syāt,
sattvasya mithunam tamaḥ

6. Sattva is the counterpart (mithunam) of tamas; rajas is the counterpart of sattva. Similarly, sattva is also the counterpart of rajas, and tamas is the counterpart of sattva.

Words meanings summery:

• तमसः (tamasaḥ) - of the constituent (guṇa) tamas (of tamas, from tamas)

• मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, counterpart, companion

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the constituent (guṇa) sattva (sattva, goodness, reality, existence)

• सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of the constituent (guṇa) sattva (of sattva)

• मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, counterpart, companion

• रजः (rajaḥ) - the constituent (guṇa) rajas (dust, passion, activity)

• रजस्य (rajasya) - of the constituent (guṇa) rajas (of rajas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the constituent (guṇa) sattva (sattva, goodness, reality, existence)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of the constituent (guṇa) sattva (of sattva)

• मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, counterpart, companion

• तमः (tamaḥ) - the constituent (guṇa) tamas (tamas, darkness, ignorance)

Words meanings and morphology

तमसः (tamasaḥ) - of the constituent (guṇa) tamas (of tamas, from tamas)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, dullness, inertia, the guṇa of inertia

मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, counterpart, companion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, twin, counterpart, companion

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the constituent (guṇa) sattva (sattva, goodness, reality, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, purity, existence, reality, essence, the guṇa of purity

सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of the constituent (guṇa) sattva (of sattva)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, purity, existence, reality, essence, the guṇa of purity

मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, counterpart, companion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, twin, counterpart, companion

रजः (rajaḥ) - the constituent (guṇa) rajas (dust, passion, activity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, gloom, passion, activity, impulse, the guṇa of activity

रजस्य (rajasya) - of the constituent (guṇa) rajas (of rajas)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, gloom, passion, activity, impulse, the guṇa of activity

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the constituent (guṇa) sattva (sattva, goodness, reality, existence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, purity, existence, reality, essence, the guṇa of purity

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood, Present Tense

3rd person singular, active voice, Parasmaipada, optative mood, present tense

Root: as (class 2)

सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of the constituent (guṇa) sattva (of sattva)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - goodness, purity, existence, reality, essence, the guṇa of purity

मिथुनम् (mithunam) - pair, couple, counterpart, companion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, twin, counterpart, companion

तमः (tamaḥ) - the constituent (guṇa) tamas (tamas, darkness, ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, ignorance, dullness, inertia, the guṇa of inertia