महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-36, verse-7

नियम्यते तमो यत्र रजस्तत्र प्रवर्तते ।
नियम्यते रजो यत्र सत्त्वं तत्र प्रवर्तते ॥७॥

7. niyamyate tamo yatra rajastatra pravartate ,
niyamyate rajo yatra sattvaṁ tatra pravartate.

7. niyamyate tamaḥ yatra rajaḥ tatra pravartate
niyamyate rajaḥ yatra sattvam tatra pravartate

7. yatra tamaḥ niyamyate,
tatra rajaḥ pravartate.
yatra rajaḥ niyamyate,
tatra sattvam pravartate.

7. Where tamas is controlled, there rajas becomes active. Where rajas is controlled, there sattva becomes active.

Words meanings summery:

• नियम्यते (niyamyate) - is controlled, is restrained, is regulated

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

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

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

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, acts, becomes active, arises

• नियम्यते (niyamyate) - is controlled, is restrained, is regulated

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

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

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

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, acts, becomes active, arises

Words meanings and morphology

नियम्यते (niyamyate) - is controlled, is restrained, is regulated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ni-yam

Present Tense, Passive Voice

3rd person singular, passive voice, Ātmanepada, present tense (root yam, 1st class + ni prefix)

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tamas

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

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

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

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, acts, becomes active, arises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-vṛt

Present Tense, Active Voice

3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, present tense (root vṛt, 1st class + pra prefix)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नियम्यते (niyamyate) - is controlled, is restrained, is regulated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of ni-yam

Present Tense, Passive Voice

3rd person singular, passive voice, Ātmanepada, present tense (root yam, 1st class + ni prefix)

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

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

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(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

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, acts, becomes active, arises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-vṛt

Present Tense, Active Voice

3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, present tense (root vṛt, 1st class + pra prefix)

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)