Shloka 6
तमोगुण-निरूपण
Analysis of Tamas and its Marks
Devanagari script
तमसो मिथुन सत्त्वं सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं रज: । रजसश्षापि सत्त्वं स्यात् सत्त्वस्य मिथुनं तम:
Translation
Tamas a pour antagoniste sattva, et sattva a pour antagoniste rajas. De même, rajas trouve son antagoniste en sattva, et sattva trouve le sien en tamas.
Word by Word
तमसःof tamas (darkness/ignorance; tamas-guṇa)
तमसः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मिथुनम्pair; counterpart; opposite
मिथुनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सत्त्वम्sattva (purity; sattva-guṇa)
सत्त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सत्त्वस्यof sattva
सत्त्वस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मिथुनम्pair; counterpart; opposite
मिथुनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रजःrajas (activity/passion; rajo-guṇa)
रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रजसःof rajas
रजसः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अपिalso; even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सत्त्वम्sattva
सत्त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be; is (as a statement of relation)
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सत्त्वस्यof sattva
सत्त्वस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मिथुनम्pair; counterpart; opposite
मिथुनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तमःtamas
तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes