4.5
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 4. Skandha (स्कन्ध) / 4.5
निष्कारणं पुना रूपं नैव नैवोपपद्यते तस्माद् रूपगतान् कांश्चिन् न विकल्पान् विकल्पयेत्
niṣkāraṇaṃ punā rūpaṃ naiva naivopapadyate tasmād rūpagatān kāṃścin na vikalpān vikalpayet
The line
niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण), puna (पुन), a form, not just, not just, fits, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: a form, and gone, kāṃścin (कांश्चिन्), not an alternative, a division, a compound: an alternative, a division, and yeta (येत).
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 4. Skandha (स्कन्ध). The aggregates. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: niṣkāraṇaṃ (निष्कारणं) + punā (पुना) + rūpaṃ (रूपं) + na (न) + eva (एव) + na (न) + eva (एव) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + rūpa-gatān (रूप-गतान्) + kāṃścin (कांश्चिन्) + na (न) + vikalpān (विकल्पान्) + vikalpa-yeta (विकल्प-येत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niṣkāraṇaṃ (निष्कारणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण) |
| punā (पुना) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | puna (पुन) |
| rūpaṃ (रूपं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a form |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| rūpa-gatān (रूप-गतान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a form, and gone. Read it from the end |
| kāṃścin (कांश्चिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vikalpān (विकल्पान्) | accusative plural, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| vikalpa-yeta (विकल्प-येत) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an alternative, a division, and yeta (येत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
niṣkāraṇaṃ (निष्कारणं) is niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. punā (पुना) is puna (पुन). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. rūpaṃ (रूपं) is a form. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naiva. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable.
upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular. The line joins them as evopapadyate. tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. rūpa-gatān (रूप-गतान्) is a compound: a form, and gone. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. kāṃścin (कांश्चिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vikalpān (विकल्पान्) is an alternative, a division. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. vikalpa-yeta (विकल्प-येत) is a compound: an alternative, a division, and yeta (येत). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
vikalpa-yeta (विकल्प-येत) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as naiva. The line joins them as evopapadyate.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niṣkāraṇaṃ (निष्कारणं) and punā (पुना).