3.1
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 3. Cakṣurādīndriya (चक्षुरादीन्द्रिय) / 3.1
दर्शनं श्रवणं घ्राणं रसनं स्पर्शनं मनः इन्द्रियाणि षडेतेषां द्रष्टव्यादीनि गोचरः
darśanaṃ śravaṇaṃ ghrāṇaṃ rasanaṃ sparśanaṃ manaḥ indriyāṇi ṣaḍ eteṣāṃ draṣṭavyādīni gocaraḥ
The line
Seeing, śravaṇa (श्रवण), the nose, the tongue, a compound: touch, and not, mana (मन), a sense, ṣaḍ (षड्), of eteṣa (एतेष), in draṣṭavyādīna (द्रष्टव्यादीन), gocara (गोचर).
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 3. Cakṣurādīndriya (चक्षुरादीन्द्रिय). The eye and the other senses. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) + śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) + ghrāṇaṃ (घ्राणं) + rasanaṃ (रसनं) + sparśa-naṃ (स्पर्श-नं) + manaḥ (मनः) + indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि) + ṣaḍ (षड्) + eteṣāṃ (एतेषां) + draṣṭavyādīni (द्रष्टव्यादीनि) + gocaraḥ (गोचरः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | seeing |
| śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śravaṇa (श्रवण) |
| ghrāṇaṃ (घ्राणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the nose |
| rasanaṃ (रसनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the tongue |
| sparśa-naṃ (स्पर्श-नं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: touch, and not. Read it from the end |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular, masculine | mana (मन) |
| indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a sense |
| ṣaḍ (षड्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| eteṣāṃ (एतेषां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | eteṣa (एतेष) |
| draṣṭavyādīni (द्रष्टव्यादीनि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | draṣṭavyādīna (द्रष्टव्यादीन) |
| gocaraḥ (गोचरः) | nominative singular, masculine | gocara (गोचर) |
The phrases
darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) is seeing. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) is śravaṇa (श्रवण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ghrāṇaṃ (घ्राणं) is the nose. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. rasanaṃ (रसनं) is the tongue. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sparśa-naṃ (स्पर्श-नं) is a compound: touch, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. manaḥ (मनः) is mana (मन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि) is a sense. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. ṣaḍ (षड्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. eteṣāṃ (एतेषां) is eteṣa (एतेष). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. draṣṭavyādīni (द्रष्टव्यादीनि) is draṣṭavyādīna (द्रष्टव्यादीन). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. gocaraḥ (गोचरः) is gocara (गोचर). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
draṣṭavyādīni (द्रष्टव्यादीनि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) and śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं).