3.9
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 3. Cakṣurādīndriya (चक्षुरादीन्द्रिय) / 3.9
व्याख्यातं श्रवणं घ्राणं रसनं स्पर्शनं मनः दर्शनेनैव जानीयाच् छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकादि च
vyākhyātaṃ śravaṇaṃ ghrāṇaṃ rasanaṃ sparśanaṃ manaḥ darśanenaiva jānīyāc chrotṛśrotavyakādi ca
The line
Has been explained, śravaṇa (श्रवण), the nose, the tongue, a compound: touch, and not, mana (मन), by means of seeing just, because of jānīya (जानीय), in chrotṛśrotavyakāda (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकाद) and.
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: vyākhyātaṃ (व्याख्यातं) + śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) + ghrāṇaṃ (घ्राणं) + rasanaṃ (रसनं) + sparśa-naṃ (स्पर्श-नं) + manaḥ (मनः) + darśanena (दर्शनेन) + eva (एव) + jānīyāc (जानीयाच्) + chrotṛśrotavyakādi (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकादि) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyākhyātaṃ (व्याख्यातं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | has been explained |
| 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) |
| darśanena (दर्शनेन) | instrumental singular | seeing |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| jānīyāc (जानीयाच्) | ablative singular | jānīya (जानीय) |
| chrotṛśrotavyakādi (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकादि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | chrotṛśrotavyakāda (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकाद) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vyākhyātaṃ (व्याख्यातं) is has been explained. 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.
darśanena (दर्शनेन) is seeing. It stands as instrumental singular. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as darśanenaiva (दर्शनेनैव). jānīyāc (जानीयाच्) is jānīya (जानीय). It stands as ablative singular. chrotṛśrotavyakādi (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकादि) is chrotṛśrotavyakāda (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकाद). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
chrotṛśrotavyakādi (छ्रोतृश्रोतव्यकादि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as darśanenaiva (दर्शनेनैव).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyākhyātaṃ (व्याख्यातं) and śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं).