महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-39, verse-16

एवं ज्योतिःषु सर्वेषु विवर्तन्ते गुणास्त्रयः ।
पर्यायेण च वर्तन्ते तत्र तत्र तथा तथा ॥१६॥

16. evaṁ jyotiḥṣu sarveṣu vivartante guṇāstrayaḥ ,
paryāyeṇa ca vartante tatra tatra tathā tathā.

16. evam jyotiḥṣu sarveṣu vivartante guṇāḥ trayaḥ
paryāyeṇa ca vartante tatra tatra tathā tathā

16. evam trayaḥ guṇāḥ sarveṣu jyotiḥṣu vivartante
ca paryāyeṇa tatra tatra tathā tathā vartante

16. In this manner, the three qualities (guṇa) manifest in all luminous objects. And they operate, each in its turn, in various places and in various ways.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• ज्योतिःषु (jyotiḥṣu) - in lights, among luminous objects

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, among all

• विवर्तन्ते (vivartante) - they revolve, they manifest, they operate

• गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the qualities (guṇa) (sattva, rajas, tamas) (qualities, attributes, strands, gunas)

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa) - in turn, alternately, successively

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they operate, they prevail

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - in various places (there, in that place)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• तथा (tathā) - in various ways (thus, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

ज्योतिःषु (jyotiḥṣu) - in lights, among luminous objects

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of jyotis

jyotis - light, luminosity, star, celestial body, luminous object

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, among all

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

विवर्तन्ते (vivartante) - they revolve, they manifest, they operate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vivart

from root vṛt with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛt (class 1)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - the qualities (guṇa) (sattva, rajas, tamas) (qualities, attributes, strands, gunas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, strand (of prakṛti), secondary quality, merit

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(numeral)

पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa) - in turn, alternately, successively

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paryāya

paryāya - turn, order, succession, alternative

from root i with upasarga pari

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they exist, they operate, they prevail

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - in various places (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - in various ways (thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)