2.20
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 2. Gatāgata (गतागत) / 2.20
अन्य एव पुनर् गन्ता गतेर् यदि विकल्प्यते गमनं स्यादृते गन्तुर् गन्ता स्याद् गमनादृते
anya eva punar gantā gater yadi vikalpyate gamanaṃ syād ṛte gantur gantā syād gamanād ṛte
The line
Other just, again, a goer, of going, a course, if, in vikalpyata (विकल्प्यत), a going, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, without, of a goer, a goer, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of from a going, without.
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: anya (अन्य) + eva (एव) + punar (पुनर्) + gantā (गन्ता) + gateḥ (गतेः) + yadi (यदि) + vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते) + gamanaṃ (गमनं) + syād (स्याद्) + ṛte (ऋते) + gantuḥ (गन्तुः) + gantā (गन्ता) + syād (स्याद्) + gamanāt (गमनात्) + ṛte (ऋते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vikalpyata (विकल्प्यत) |
| gamanaṃ (गमनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a going |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| ṛte (ऋते) | indeclinable | without |
| gantuḥ (गन्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | a goer |
| gantā (गन्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | a goer |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| gamanāt (गमनात्) | ablative singular | from a going |
| ṛte (ऋते) | indeclinable | without |
The phrases
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. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते) is vikalpyata (विकल्प्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. gamanaṃ (गमनं) is a going. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. ṛte (ऋते) is without. It stands as indeclinable. gantuḥ (गन्तुः) is a goer. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it gantur. gantā (गन्ता) is a goer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. gamanāt (गमनात्) is from a going. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it gamanād (गमनाद्). ṛte (ऋते) is without. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it gater. The line writes it gantur. The line writes it gamanād (गमनाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anya (अन्य) and gantā (गन्ता).