7.8
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 7. Saṃskṛta (संस्कृत) / 7.8
प्रदीपः स्वपरात्मानौ संप्रकाशयते यथा उत्पादः स्वपरात्मानावुभावुत्पादयेत् तथा
pradīpaḥ svaparātmānau saṃprakāśayate yathā utpādaḥ svaparātmānāv ubhāv utpādayet tathā
The line
pradīpa (प्रदीप), svaparātmāna (स्वपरात्मान), in saṃprakāśayata (संप्रकाशयत), as, arising, svaparātmānāv (स्वपरात्मानाव्), ubhāv (उभाव्), a compound: arising, and yeta (येत), so, in that way.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 7. Saṃskṛta (संस्कृत). The conditioned, arising, staying, ceasing. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: pradīpaḥ (प्रदीपः) + svaparātmānau (स्वपरात्मानौ) + saṃprakāśayate (संप्रकाशयते) + yathā (यथा) + utpādaḥ (उत्पादः) + svaparātmānāv (स्वपरात्मानाव्) + ubhāv (उभाव्) + utpāda-yeta (उत्पाद-येत) + tathā (तथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pradīpaḥ (प्रदीपः) | nominative singular, masculine | pradīpa (प्रदीप) |
| svaparātmānau (स्वपरात्मानौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | svaparātmāna (स्वपरात्मान) |
| saṃprakāśayate (संप्रकाशयते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | saṃprakāśayata (संप्रकाशयत) |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| utpādaḥ (उत्पादः) | nominative singular, masculine | arising |
| svaparātmānāv (स्वपरात्मानाव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ubhāv (उभाव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| utpāda-yeta (उत्पाद-येत) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: arising, and yeta (येत). Read it from the end |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
The phrases
pradīpaḥ (प्रदीपः) is pradīpa (प्रदीप). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. svaparātmānau (स्वपरात्मानौ) is svaparātmāna (स्वपरात्मान). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. saṃprakāśayate (संप्रकाशयते) is saṃprakāśayata (संप्रकाशयत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. utpādaḥ (उत्पादः) is arising. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
svaparātmānāv (स्वपरात्मानाव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ubhāv (उभाव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. utpāda-yeta (उत्पाद-येत) is a compound: arising, and yeta (येत). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃprakāśayate (संप्रकाशयते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pradīpaḥ (प्रदीपः) and svaparātmānau (स्वपरात्मानौ).