1.14
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 1. Pratyaya (प्रत्यय) / 1.14
तस्मान् न प्रत्ययमयं नाप्रत्ययमयं फलम् संविद्यते फलाभावात् प्रत्ययाप्रत्ययाः कुतः
tasmān na pratyayamayaṃ nāpratyayamayaṃ phalam saṃvidyate phalābhāvāt pratyayāpratyayāḥ kutaḥ
The line
Therefore the fruit is not found made of conditions, nor made of non-conditions. From the absence of the fruit, where are conditions or non-conditions?
नेपालीमा
यसैले फल प्रत्ययबाट बनेको पाइँदैन, न अप्रत्ययबाट बनेको। फल नहुँदा प्रत्यय वा अप्रत्यय कहाँ रहुन्?
Where it sits
Chapter 1 is complete. The four conditions do not produce a bhāva (भाव). The later chapters apply the same pressure to going, the senses, the aggregates, the self, and the rest. Their sittings are not written yet, except 24.18 and chapter 25. The next sitting is 24.18, because that is the verse that says what śūnyatā (शून्यता) is.
Split: tasmāt (तस्मात्) + na (न) + pratyaya-mayam (प्रत्यय-मयम्) + na (न) + apratyaya-mayam (अप्रत्यय-मयम्) + phalam (फलम्) + saṃvidyate (संविद्यते) + phala-abhāvāt (फल-अभावात्) + pratyaya-apratyayāḥ (प्रत्यय-अप्रत्ययाः) + kutas (कुत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | indeclinable | therefore. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| pratyaya-mayam (प्रत्यय-मयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | made of conditions. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| apratyaya-mayam (अप्रत्यय-मयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | made of non-conditions. |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the fruit. |
| saṃvidyate (संविद्यते) | present, third person singular, middle | is found. |
| phala-abhāvāt (फल-अभावात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of the absence of the fruit. |
| pratyaya-apratyayāḥ (प्रत्यय-अप्रत्ययाः) | nominative plural, masculine | conditions and non-conditions, the pair. |
| kutas (कुत) | indeclinable | from where, how can there be. |
The phrases
The conclusion of the chapter. The fruit is found neither as condition-made nor as non-condition-made. And without a fruit, the words pratyaya (प्रत्यय) and apratyaya (अप्रत्यय) have nothing to attach to. kutaḥ (कुतः) dismisses both.
tasmāt (तस्मात्) gathers verses 1.1 through 1.13.
Sanskrit in this line
tasmāt (तस्मात्) is the chapter's therefore. kutaḥ (कुतः) is not asking for a location. It is a refusal: whence could they be?
Say it back
With the fruit absent, what happens to the word pratyaya (प्रत्यय)?