2.18
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.18
यदेव गमनं गन्ता स एवेति न युज्यते अन्य एव पुनर् गन्ता गतेरिति न युज्यते
yad eva gamanaṃ gantā sa eveti na yujyate anya eva punar gantā gater iti na yujyate
The line
Which just, a going, a goer, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant just thus, not fits, other just, again, a goer, of going, a course thus, not 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: yad (यद्) + eva (एव) + gamanaṃ (गमनं) + gantā (गन्ता) + sa (स) + eva (एव) + iti (इति) + na (न) + yujyate (युज्यते) + anya (अन्य) + eva (एव) + punar (पुनर्) + gantā (गन्ता) + gateḥ (गतेः) + iti (इति) + na (न) + yujyate (युज्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yad (यद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| gamanaṃ (गमनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a going |
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
| anya (अन्य) | the stem, as the line writes it | other |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| punar (पुनर्) | indeclinable | again |
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| gateḥ (गतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | going, a course |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
yad (यद्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. gamanaṃ (गमनं) is a going. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. gantā (गन्ता) is a goer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as eveti. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. yujyate (युज्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
anya (अन्य) is other. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. punar (पुनर्) is again. It stands as indeclinable. gantā (गन्ता) is a goer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. gateḥ (गतेः) is going, a course. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it gater. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. yujyate (युज्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
gamanaṃ (गमनं) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as eveti. The line writes it gater.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gamanaṃ (गमनं) and gantā (गन्ता).