Canonical Ref: MBh 12.303.3
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
गुणैर्हि गुणवानेव निर्गुणश्चागुणस्तथा । प्राहुरेवं महात्मानो मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Great Munis conversant with the truth about principles say that when Soul seizes qualities like a crystal catching the reflection of a red flower, he is said to be possessed of qualities; but when freed from qualities like the crystal freed from reflection, he is seen in his real nature, which is as above all qualities.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
गुणैर्
Lemma: गुण
POS: mn
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
गुणवान्
Lemma: गुणवत्
POS: adj
एव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
निर्गुणश्चागुणस्तथा
Lemma: निर्गुण
POS: adj
निर्गुणश्चागुणस्तथा
Lemma: च
POS: ind
निर्गुणश्चागुणस्तथा
Lemma: अगुण
POS: adj
निर्गुणश्चागुणस्तथा
Lemma: तथा
POS: ind
प्राहुर्
Lemma: प्राह्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: प्राहुः
एवं
Lemma: एवम्
POS: ind
महात्मानो
Lemma: महात्मन्
POS: adj
मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
Lemma: मुनि
POS: m
मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
Lemma: तत्त्व
POS: n
मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
Lemma: दर्शिन्
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.303.3. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.