2.3

Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.3

गम्यमानस्य गमनं कथं नामोपपत्स्यते गम्यमानं विगमनं यदा नैवोपपद्यते

gamyamānasya gamanaṃ kathaṃ nāmopapatsyate gamyamānaṃ vigamanaṃ yadā naivopapadyate

The line

Of being gone over, a going, how, not in amopapatsyata (अमोपपत्स्यत), being gone over, vigamana (विगमन), when, not just, fits.

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: gamyamānasya (गम्यमानस्य) + gamanaṃ (गमनं) + kathaṃ (कथं) + na (न) + amopapatsyate (अमोपपत्स्यते) + gamyamānaṃ (गम्यमानं) + vigamanaṃ (विगमनं) + yadā (यदा) + na (न) + eva (एव) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
gamyamānasya (गम्यमानस्य)genitive singularbeing gone over
gamanaṃ (गमनं)nominative or accusative singular, neutera going
kathaṃ (कथं)indeclinablehow
na (न)indeclinablenot
amopapatsyate (अमोपपत्स्यते)locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuteramopapatsyata (अमोपपत्स्यत)
gamyamānaṃ (गम्यमानं)nominative or accusative singular, neuterbeing gone over
vigamanaṃ (विगमनं)accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neutervigamana (विगमन)
yadā (यदा)indeclinablewhen
na (न)indeclinablenot
eva (एव)indeclinableonly, just
upapadyate (उपपद्यते)present, third person singularfits

The phrases

gamyamānasya (गम्यमानस्य) is being gone over. It stands as genitive singular. gamanaṃ (गमनं) is a going. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. amopapatsyate (अमोपपत्स्यते) is amopapatsyata (अमोपपत्स्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. gamyamānaṃ (गम्यमानं) is being gone over. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.

vigamanaṃ (विगमनं) is vigamana (विगमन). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. yadā (यदा) is when. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular. The line joins them as evopapadyate.

Sanskrit in this line

amopapatsyate (अमोपपत्स्यते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as evopapadyate.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss gamyamānasya (गम्यमानस्य) and gamanaṃ (गमनं).

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2.4. Of being gone over, a going, of of whom, whose, of of that, his, is forced as a consequence, without, of going, a course, being gone over.