6.1
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 6. Rāgarakta (रागरक्त) / 6.1
रागाद् यदि भवेत् पूर्वं रक्तो रागतिरस्कृतः तं प्रतीत्य भवेद् रागो रक्ते रागो भवेत् सति
rāgād yadi bhavet pūrvaṃ rakto rāgatiraskṛtaḥ taṃ pratītya bhaved rāgo rakte rāgo bhavet sati
The line
Because of passion, if, would be, the earlier, the one who is passionate, a compound: passion, tira (तिर), and skṛta (स्कृत), him, that, having depended on, would be. bhavet before a voiced sound, passion, in the one who is passionate, passion, would be, in when it is, it being so.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 6. Rāgarakta (रागरक्त). Passion and the one who is passionate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: rāgāt (रागात्) + yadi (यदि) + bhavet (भवेत्) + pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) + raktaḥ (रक्तः) + rāga-tira-skṛtaḥ (राग-तिर-स्कृतः) + taṃ (तं) + pratītya (प्रतीत्य) + bhaved (भवेद्) + rāgaḥ (रागः) + rakte (रक्ते) + rāgaḥ (रागः) + bhavet (भवेत्) + sati (सति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rāgāt (रागात्) | ablative singular | passion |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
| pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) | accusative singular, masculine | the earlier |
| raktaḥ (रक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one who is passionate |
| rāga-tira-skṛtaḥ (राग-तिर-स्कृतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: passion, tira (तिर), and skṛta (स्कृत). Read it from the end |
| taṃ (तं) | accusative singular, masculine | him, that |
| pratītya (प्रतीत्य) | gerund | having depended on |
| bhaved (भवेद्) | optative, third person singular | would be. bhavet before a voiced sound |
| rāgaḥ (रागः) | nominative singular, masculine | passion |
| rakte (रक्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the one who is passionate |
| rāgaḥ (रागः) | nominative singular, masculine | passion |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
| sati (सति) | locative singular, present participle | when it is, it being so |
The phrases
rāgāt (रागात्) is passion. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it rāgād (रागाद्). yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular. pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) is the earlier. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. raktaḥ (रक्तः) is the one who is passionate. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it rakto. rāga-tira-skṛtaḥ (राग-तिर-स्कृतः) is a compound: passion, tira (तिर), and skṛta (स्कृत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. taṃ (तं) is him, that. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
pratītya (प्रतीत्य) is having depended on. It stands as gerund. bhaved (भवेद्) is would be. bhavet before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. rāgaḥ (रागः) is passion. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it rāgo (रागो). rakte (रक्ते) is the one who is passionate. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. rāgaḥ (रागः) is passion. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it rāgo (रागो). bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular. sati (सति) is when it is, it being so. It stands as locative singular, present participle.
Sanskrit in this line
rāga-tira-skṛtaḥ (राग-तिर-स्कृतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it rāgād (रागाद्). The line writes it rakto. The line writes it rāgo (रागो). The line writes it rāgo (रागो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rāgāt (रागात्) and bhavet (भवेत्).