1.11
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 1. Pratyaya (प्रत्यय) / 1.11
न च व्यस्तसमस्तेषु प्रत्ययेषु अस्ति तत् फलम् प्रत्ययेभ्यः कथं तच् च भवेन् न प्रत्ययेषु यत्
na ca vyastasamasteṣu pratyayeṣu asti tat phalam pratyayebhyaḥ kathaṃ tac ca bhaven na pratyayeṣu yat
The line
And the fruit is not in the conditions, whether separate or combined. How could that come to be from the conditions, which is not in the conditions?
नेपालीमा
फल प्रत्ययहरूमा छैन, छुट्टाछुट्टै होस् वा जोडिएको होस्। प्रत्ययमा नभएको त्यो प्रत्ययबाट कसरी होस्?
Where it sits
Verse 1.10 removed existence-by-own-nature. Verse 1.11 removes the picture of a fruit hiding inside the conditions. Verse 1.12 asks the next escape: what if the fruit is not in them, and still comes from them? Then why does it not come from non-conditions too?
Split: na (न) + ca (च) + vyasta-samasteṣu (व्यस्त-समस्तेषु) + pratyayeṣu (प्रत्ययेषु) + asti (अस्ति) + tat (तत्) + phalam (फलम्) + pratyayebhyaḥ (प्रत्ययेभ्यः) + katham (कथम्) + tat (तत्) + ca (च) + bhavet (भवेत्) + na (न) + pratyayeṣu (प्रत्ययेषु) + yat (यत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vyasta-samasteṣu (व्यस्त-समस्तेषु) | locative plural, masculine | in them separately and in them together. vyasta (व्यस्त) is pulled apart. samasta (समस्त) is combined. |
| pratyayeṣu (प्रत्ययेषु) | locative plural, masculine | in the conditions. The file joins pratyayeṣvasti (प्रत्ययेष्वस्ति), pratyayeṣu asti (प्रत्ययेषु अस्ति). |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | there is. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
| pratyayebhyaḥ (प्रत्ययेभ्यः) | ablative plural, masculine | from the conditions. |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would it come to be. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| pratyayeṣu (प्रत्ययेषु) | locative plural, masculine | in the conditions. |
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | which. The fruit which is not in them. |
The phrases
Look in the conditions one by one: the fruit is not there. Look in them as a pile: the fruit is not there. Then it cannot come out of them either, because what comes out was going to have to be in them.
The file writes pratyayeṣvasti (प्रत्ययेष्वस्ति) as one word. Split pratyayeṣu asti (प्रत्ययेषु अस्ति).
Sanskrit in this line
vyasta (व्यस्त) and samasta (समस्त) are the two ways of looking, and both are in the locative plural with pratyayeṣu (प्रत्ययेषु). One phrase, both searches.
Say it back
Is the fruit in the conditions one by one? Is it in them together?