3.3
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 3. Cakṣurādīndriya (चक्षुरादीन्द्रिय) / 3.3
न पर्याप्तोऽग्निदृष्टान्तो दर्शनस्य प्रसिद्धये सदर्शनः स प्रत्युक्तो गम्यमानगतागतैः
na paryāpto 'gnidṛṣṭānto darśanasya prasiddhaye sadarśanaḥ sa pratyukto gamyamānagatāgataiḥ
The line
Not paryāpta (पर्याप्त), a compound: fire, and an example, of seeing, for already familiar, sadarśana (सदर्शन), he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, a compound: toward, against, and what has been said, by means of a compound: being gone over, gone, and not gone.
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: na (न) + paryāpto (पर्याप्तो) + agni-dṛṣṭāntaḥ (अग्नि-दृष्टान्तः) + darśanasya (दर्शनस्य) + prasiddhaye (प्रसिद्धये) + sadarśanaḥ (सदर्शनः) + sa (स) + prati-uktaḥ (प्रति-उक्तः) + gamyamāna-gata-agataiḥ (गम्यमान-गत-अगतैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| paryāpto (पर्याप्तो) | nominative singular, masculine | paryāpta (पर्याप्त) |
| agni-dṛṣṭāntaḥ (अग्नि-दृष्टान्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: fire, and an example. Read it from the end |
| darśanasya (दर्शनस्य) | genitive singular | seeing |
| prasiddhaye (प्रसिद्धये) | dative singular | already familiar |
| sadarśanaḥ (सदर्शनः) | nominative singular, masculine | sadarśana (सदर्शन) |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| prati-uktaḥ (प्रति-उक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and what has been said. Read it from the end |
| gamyamāna-gata-agataiḥ (गम्यमान-गत-अगतैः) | instrumental plural | a compound: being gone over, gone, and not gone. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. paryāpto (पर्याप्तो) is paryāpta (पर्याप्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. agni-dṛṣṭāntaḥ (अग्नि-दृष्टान्तः) is a compound: fire, and an example. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. darśanasya (दर्शनस्य) is seeing. It stands as genitive singular. prasiddhaye (प्रसिद्धये) is already familiar. It stands as dative singular.
sadarśanaḥ (सदर्शनः) is sadarśana (सदर्शन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prati-uktaḥ (प्रति-उक्तः) is a compound: toward, against, and what has been said. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pratyukto. gamyamāna-gata-agataiḥ (गम्यमान-गत-अगतैः) is a compound: being gone over, gone, and not gone. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental plural.
Sanskrit in this line
gamyamāna-gata-agataiḥ (गम्यमान-गत-अगतैः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line writes it pratyukto.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paryāpto (पर्याप्तो) and agni-dṛṣṭāntaḥ (अग्नि-दृष्टान्तः).