2.17
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.17
न तिष्ठति गम्यमानान् न गतान् नागतादपि गमनं संप्रवृत्तिश् च निवृत्तिश् च गतेः समा
na tiṣṭhati gamyamānān na gatān nāgatād api gamanaṃ saṃpravṛttiś ca nivṛttiś ca gateḥ samā
The line
Not stands, being gone over, not gone, not because of not gone even, a going, saṃpravṛttiś (संप्रवृत्तिश्) and, ceasing and, of going, a course, an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back.
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: na (न) + tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) + gamyamānān (गम्यमानान्) + na (न) + gatān (गतान्) + na (न) + agatāt (अगतात्) + api (अपि) + gamanaṃ (गमनं) + saṃpravṛttiś (संप्रवृत्तिश्) + ca (च) + nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) + ca (च) + gateḥ (गतेः) + samā (समा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) | present, third person singular | stands |
| gamyamānān (गम्यमानान्) | accusative plural, masculine | being gone over |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| gatān (गतान्) | accusative plural, masculine | gone |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| agatāt (अगतात्) | ablative singular | not gone |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| gamanaṃ (गमनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a going |
| saṃpravṛttiś (संप्रवृत्तिश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | ceasing |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| gateḥ (गतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | going, a course |
| samā (समा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) is stands. It stands as present, third person singular. gamyamānān (गम्यमानान्) is being gone over. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. gatān (गतान्) is gone. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. agatāt (अगतात्) is not gone. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it agatād (अगताद्). api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable.
gamanaṃ (गमनं) is a going. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. saṃpravṛttiś (संप्रवृत्तिश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) is ceasing. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line writes it nivṛttiś (निवृत्तिश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. gateḥ (गतेः) is going, a course. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. samā (समा) is an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃpravṛttiś (संप्रवृत्तिश्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it agatād (अगताद्). The line writes it nivṛttiś (निवृत्तिश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) and gamyamānān (गम्यमानान्).