1.13
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 1. Pratyaya (प्रत्यय) / 1.13
फलं च प्रत्ययमयं प्रत्ययाश् चास्वयंमयाः फलमस्वयंमयेभ्यो यत् तत् प्रत्ययमयं कथम्
phalaṃ ca pratyayamayaṃ pratyayāś cāsvayaṃmayāḥ phalam asvayaṃmayebhyo yat tat pratyayamayaṃ katham
The line
And the fruit is made of the conditions, and the conditions are not made of themselves. How is that fruit, which comes from what is not self-made, made of the conditions?
नेपालीमा
फल प्रत्ययबाट बनेको हुन्छ, तर प्रत्यय आफैँबाट बनेका हुँदैनन्। आफैँ नबनेकोबाट आएको त्यो फल प्रत्ययबाट बनेको कसरी होस्?
Where it sits
Verse 1.12 was the escape 'it comes from them without being in them.' Verse 1.13 takes the other escape, 'it is made of them,' and finds the ingredients themselves unmade. Verse 1.14 is the chapter's conclusion.
Split: phalam (फलम्) + ca (च) + pratyaya-mayam (प्रत्यय-मयम्) + pratyayāḥ (प्रत्ययाः) + ca (च) + asvayaṃ-mayāḥ (अस्वयं-मयाः) + phalam (फलम्) + asvayaṃ-mayebhyaḥ (अस्वयं-मयेभ्यः) + yat (यत्) + tat (तत्) + pratyaya-mayam (प्रत्यय-मयम्) + katham (कथम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| pratyaya-mayam (प्रत्यय-मयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | made of conditions. -maya (-मय) means 'consisting of.' |
| pratyayāḥ (प्रत्ययाः) | nominative plural, masculine | the conditions. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. Written in cā (चा), because ca (च) plus a (अ) of asvayaṃmaya (अस्वयंमय). |
| asvayaṃ-mayāḥ (अस्वयं-मयाः) | nominative plural, masculine | not made of themselves. svayam (स्वयम्) is 'by oneself.' |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
| asvayaṃ-mayebhyaḥ (अस्वयं-मयेभ्यः) | ablative plural, masculine | from those that are not made of themselves. The file writes phalamasvamayebhyo (फलमस्वमयेभ्यो), dropping yaṃ (यं). The word is asvayaṃmaya (अस्वयंमय), the same one as in the first line. |
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | which. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| pratyaya-mayam (प्रत्यय-मयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | made of conditions. |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how. |
The phrases
If the fruit is made of the conditions, it is made of what the second quarter says the conditions are: not self-made. A thing made of what is not self-made does not get to be called pratyayamaya (प्रत्ययमय) as if the conditions were solid ingredients.
The file joins pratyayāścāsvayaṃmayāḥ (प्रत्ययाश्चास्वयंमयाः) and writes asvamayebhyo (अस्वमयेभ्यो). Teach asvayaṃmayebhyaḥ (अस्वयंमयेभ्यः). The dropped yaṃ (यं) is the svayam (स्वयम्).
Sanskrit in this line
-maya (-मय) is a suffix, 'made of, consisting of.' a-svayaṃ-maya (अ-स्वयं-मय) is the negation: not consisting of itself. The ablative -ebhyaḥ (-एभ्यः) is 'from' those.
Say it back
What are the conditions made of, on this verse?