1.9
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 1. Pratyaya (प्रत्यय) / 1.9
अनुत्पन्नेषु धर्मेषु निरोधो नोपपद्यते नानन्तरमतो युक्तं निरुद्धे प्रत्ययश् च कः
anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu nirodho nopapadyate nānantaram ato yuktaṃ niruddhe pratyayaś ca kaḥ
The line
When dharmas (धर्म) have not arisen, cessation is not possible. The immediate condition is therefore not fitting. And when something has ceased, what condition is there?
नेपालीमा
धर्महरू नउठीँदा निरोध सम्भव छैन, यसैले लगत्तैको प्रत्यय मिल्दैन। केही निरोध भइसकेपछि कुन प्रत्यय रहन्छ?
Where it sits
Verse 1.8 was the object-support. Verse 1.9 is the immediate predecessor. Verse 1.10 says that for things without own-nature there is no existence, so 'this being, that becomes' does not fit.
Split: anutpanneṣu (अनुत्पन्नेषु) + dharmeṣu (धर्मेषु) + nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) + na (न) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते) + na (न) + anantaram (अनन्तरम्) + atas (अत) + yuktam (युक्तम्) + niruddhe (निरुद्धे) + pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) + ca (च) + kaḥ (कः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anutpanneṣu (अनुत्पन्नेषु) | locative plural, masculine | while they have not arisen. |
| dharmeṣu (धर्मेषु) | locative plural, masculine | while the dharmas (धर्म) are so. |
| nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | cessation. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular, middle | fits, is possible. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| anantaram (अनन्तरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the immediate condition. |
| atas (अत) | indeclinable | hence. |
| yuktam (युक्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | fitting. |
| niruddhe (निरुद्धे) | locative singular, masculine | when it has ceased. |
| pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) | nominative singular, masculine | a condition. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | what, which. |
The phrases
The immediate condition is defined as what follows straight on a cessation. If the dharmas (धर्म) have not arisen, they have not ceased, so there is no anantara (अनन्तर). And once something has ceased, asking what its condition is comes too late. kaḥ (कः) is that question.
Three of the four have now been touched: hetu (हेतु), ārambaṇa (आरम्बण), anantara (अनन्तर). The dominant waits until the fruit is discussed.
Sanskrit in this line
anutpanneṣu dharmeṣu (अनुत्पन्नेषु धर्मेषु) is a locative absolute plural. niruddhe (निरुद्धे) is another, singular: 'it having ceased.'
Say it back
What has to have happened before there can be an anantara (अनन्तर) condition?