2.16
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.16
गन्ता तावत् तिष्ठतीति कथमेवोपपत्स्यते गमनेन विना गन्ता यदा नैवोपपद्यते
gantā tāvat tiṣṭhatīti katham evopapatsyate gamanena vinā gantā yadā naivopapadyate
The line
A goer, so long, so far, first, stands thus, how, in evopapatsyata (एवोपपत्स्यत), by means of going, without, a goer, 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: gantā (गन्ता) + tāvat (तावत्) + tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) + iti (इति) + katham (कथम्) + evopapatsyate (एवोपपत्स्यते) + gamanena (गमनेन) + vinā (विना) + gantā (गन्ता) + yadā (यदा) + na (न) + eva (एव) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| tāvat (तावत्) | indeclinable | so long, so far, first |
| tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) | present, third person singular | stands |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how |
| evopapatsyate (एवोपपत्स्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | evopapatsyata (एवोपपत्स्यत) |
| gamanena (गमनेन) | instrumental singular | going |
| vinā (विना) | indeclinable | without |
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
gantā (गन्ता) is a goer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. tāvat (तावत्) is so long, so far, first. It stands as indeclinable. tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) is stands. 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 tiṣṭhatīti (तिष्ठतीति). katham (कथम्) is how. It stands as indeclinable. evopapatsyate (एवोपपत्स्यते) is evopapatsyata (एवोपपत्स्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. 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. 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
evopapatsyate (एवोपपत्स्यते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tiṣṭhatīti (तिष्ठतीति). The line joins them as evopapadyate.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gantā (गन्ता) and tāvat (तावत्).