2.2
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.2
चेष्टा यत्र गतिस् तत्र गम्यमाने च सा यतः न गते नागते चेष्टा गम्यमाने गतिस् ततः
ceṣṭā yatra gatis tatra gamyamāne ca sā yataḥ na gate nāgate ceṣṭā gamyamāne gatis tataḥ
The line
A movement, where, going, a course, there, in being gone over and, she, that, from which, because, not in gone, not in not gone, a movement, in being gone over, going, a course, from that, then.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 2. Gatāgata (गतागत). What has gone and what has not gone. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) + yatra (यत्र) + gatiḥ (गतिः) + tatra (तत्र) + gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) + ca (च) + sā (सा) + yataḥ (यतः) + na (न) + gate (गते) + na (न) + agate (अगते) + ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) + gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) + gatiḥ (गतिः) + tataḥ (ततः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a movement |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where |
| gatiḥ (गतिः) | nominative singular | going, a course |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | being gone over |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular, feminine | she, that |
| yataḥ (यतः) | indeclinable | from which, because |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| gate (गते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | gone |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| agate (अगते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | not gone |
| ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a movement |
| gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | being gone over |
| gatiḥ (गतिः) | nominative singular | going, a course |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that, then |
The phrases
ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) is a movement. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. yatra (यत्र) is where. It stands as indeclinable. gatiḥ (गतिः) is going, a course. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it gatis. tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) is being gone over. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. sā (सा) is she, that. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. yataḥ (यतः) is from which, because. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. gate (गते) is gone. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. agate (अगते) is not gone. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) is a movement. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) is being gone over. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. gatiḥ (गतिः) is going, a course. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it gatis. tataḥ (ततः) is from that, then. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
gamyamāne (गम्यमाने) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it gatis. The line writes it gatis.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ceṣṭā (चेष्टा) and yatra (यत्र).