Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 16. Bandhanamokṣa (बन्धनमोक्ष)

16. Bandhanamokṣa (बन्धनमोक्ष)

Summary

Chapter 16 is bondage and release. If the person were bound by nature, release would be impossible. If the person were free by nature, bondage would have had no one to take. Bondage and release are not states of a self that stays the same underneath them.

नेपालीमा

अध्याय १६ बन्धन र मोक्ष हुन्। व्यक्ति स्वभावले बँधेको भए मोक्ष असम्भव हुन्थ्यो। स्वभावले नै मुक्त भए बन्धनले समात्ने कोही हुँदैनथ्यो। बन्धन र मोक्ष मुनि उस्तै रहने आत्माका अवस्था होइनन्।

Bondage and release.

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16.1	संस्काराः संसरन्ति चेन् न नित्याः संसरन्ति ते । संसरन्ति च नानित्याः सत्त्वेऽप्येष समः क्रमः saṃskārāḥ saṃsaranti cen na nityāḥ saṃsaranti te / saṃsaranti ca nānityāḥ sattve 'py eṣa samaḥ kramaḥ If you say that a compounded thing, in saṃsaranta (संसरन्त), no, eternal, in saṃsaranta (संसरन्त), they, those, in saṃsaranta (संसरन्त) and, not not eternal, in.
16.2	पुद्गलः संसरति चेत् स्कन्धायतनधातुषु । पञ्चधा मृग्यमाणोऽसौ नास्ति कः संसरिष्यति pudgalaḥ saṃsarati cet skandhāyatanadhātuṣu / pañcadhā mṛgyamāṇo 'sau nāsti kaḥ saṃsariṣyati If you say that matter, in saṃsarata (संसरत), then in skandhāyatanadhāta (स्कन्धायतनधात), pañcadha (पञ्चध), mṛgyamāṇa (मृग्यमाण), that one, is not, who, in saṃsariṣyata (संसरिष्यत).
16.3	उपादानादुपादानं संसरन् विभवो भवेत् । विभवश् चानुपादानः कः स किं संसरिष्यति upādānād upādānaṃ saṃsaran vibhavo bhavet / vibhavaś cānupādānaḥ kaḥ sa kiṃ saṃsariṣyati Because of the material, the material, saṃsaran (संसरन्), passing away, would be, passing away, cānupādāna (चानुपादान), who, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a.
16.4	संस्काराणां न निर्वाणं कथं चिदुपपद्यते । सत्त्वस्यापि न निर्वाणं कथं चिदुपपद्यते saṃskārāṇāṃ na nirvāṇaṃ kathaṃ cid upapadyate / sattvasyāpi na nirvāṇaṃ kathaṃ cid upapadyate Of a compounded thing, not release, how, some. cit before a voiced sound, fits, of the bright strand even, not release, how, some. cit.
16.5	न बध्यन्ते न मुच्यन्त उदयव्ययधर्मिणः । संस्काराः पूर्ववत् सत्त्वो बध्यते न न मुच्यते na badhyante na mucyanta udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ / saṃskārāḥ pūrvavat sattvo badhyate na na mucyate Not in badhyanta (बध्यन्त), not mucyanta (मुच्यन्त), udayavyayadharmiṇa (उदयव्ययधर्मिण), a compounded thing, as before, like the earlier, the bright strand, in.
16.6	बन्धनं चेदुपादानं सोपादानो न बध्यते । बध्यते नानुपादानः किमवस्थोऽथ बध्यते bandhanaṃ ced upādānaṃ sopādāno na badhyate / badhyate nānupādānaḥ kimavastho 'tha badhyate If you say that bondage, then the material, sopādāna (सोपादान), not in badhyata (बध्यत), in badhyata (बध्यत), not anupādāna (अनुपादान), a compound: kimava (किमव), and.
16.7	बध्नीयाद् बन्धनं कामं बन्ध्यात् पूर्वं भवेद् यदि । न चास्ति तच् छेषमुक्तं गम्यमानगतागतैः badhnīyād bandhanaṃ kāmaṃ bandhyāt pūrvaṃ bhaved yadi / na cāsti tac cheṣam uktaṃ gamyamānagatāgataiḥ Because of badhnīya (बध्नीय), bondage, desire, because of bandhya (बन्ध्य), the earlier, would be. bhavet before a voiced sound, if, not and, is, that.
16.8	बद्धो न मुच्यते तावदबद्धो नैव मुच्यते । स्यातां बद्धे मुच्यमाने युगपद् बन्धमोक्षणे baddho na mucyate tāvad abaddho naiva mucyate / syātāṃ baddhe mucyamāne yugapad bandhamokṣaṇe baddha (बद्ध), not is released, so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound, abaddha (अबद्ध), not just, is released, of it would be, in baddha (बद्ध), in a.
16.9	निर्वास्याम्यनुपादानो निर्वाणं मे भविष्यति । इति येषां ग्रहस् तेषामुपादानमहाग्रहः nirvāsyāmy anupādāno nirvāṇaṃ me bhaviṣyati / iti yeṣāṃ grahas teṣām upādānamahāgrahaḥ nirvāsyāmy (निर्वास्याम्य्), anupādāna (अनुपादान), release, of me, will be thus, of of whom, grahas (ग्रह), of of them, a compound: the material, mahā (महा), and graha (ग्रह).
16.10	न निर्वाणसमारोपो न संसारापकर्षणम् । यत्र कस् तत्र संसारो निर्वाणं किं विकल्प्यते na nirvāṇasamāropo na saṃsārāpakarṣaṇam / yatra kas tatra saṃsāro nirvāṇaṃ kiṃ vikalpyate Not a compound: release, samā (समा), and ropa (रोप), not a compound: the round, a lowering, and ṇama (णम), where, who, there, the round, release.