2.10
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.10
पक्षो गन्ता गच्छतीति यस्य तस्य प्रसज्यते गमनेन विना गन्ता गन्तुर् गमनमिच्छतः
pakṣo gantā gacchatīti yasya tasya prasajyate gamanena vinā gantā gantur gamanam icchataḥ
The line
A side, a thesis, a goer, goes thus, of of whom, whose, of of that, his, is forced as a consequence, by means of going, without, a goer, of a goer, a going, one who wants.
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: pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) + gantā (गन्ता) + gacchati (गच्छति) + iti (इति) + yasya (यस्य) + tasya (तस्य) + prasajyate (प्रसज्यते) + gamanena (गमनेन) + vinā (विना) + gantā (गन्ता) + gantuḥ (गन्तुः) + gamanam (गमनम्) + icchataḥ (इच्छतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a side, a thesis |
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| gacchati (गच्छति) | present, third person singular | goes |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular | of whom, whose |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| prasajyate (प्रसज्यते) | present, third person singular | is forced as a consequence |
| gamanena (गमनेन) | instrumental singular | going |
| vinā (विना) | indeclinable | without |
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| gantuḥ (गन्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | a goer |
| gamanam (गमनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a going |
| icchataḥ (इच्छतः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who wants |
The phrases
pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) is a side, a thesis. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pakṣo (पक्षो). gantā (गन्ता) is a goer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. gacchati (गच्छति) is goes. It stands as present, third person singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as gacchatīti (गच्छतीति). yasya (यस्य) is of whom, whose. It stands as genitive singular. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. prasajyate (प्रसज्यते) is is forced as a consequence. It stands as present, third person singular.
gamanena (गमनेन) is going. It stands as instrumental singular. vinā (विना) is without. It stands as indeclinable. gantā (गन्ता) is a goer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. gantuḥ (गन्तुः) is a goer. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it gantur. gamanam (गमनम्) is a going. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. icchataḥ (इच्छतः) is one who wants. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
prasajyate (प्रसज्यते) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pakṣo (पक्षो). The line joins them as gacchatīti (गच्छतीति). The line writes it gantur.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) and gantā (गन्ता).