7.14
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 7. Saṃskṛta (संस्कृत) / 7.14
नोत्पद्यमानं नोत्पन्नं नानुत्पन्नं कथं चन उत्पद्यते तदाख्यातं गम्यमानगतागतैः
notpadyamānaṃ notpannaṃ nānutpannaṃ kathaṃ cana utpadyate tad ākhyātaṃ gamyamānagatāgataiḥ
The line
A compound: notpadya (नोत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing, not utpanna (उत्पन्न), not anutpanna (अनुत्पन्न), how, at all, with a question word, arises, that, a verb, by means of a compound: being gone over, gone, and not gone.
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: notpadya-mānaṃ (नोत्पद्य-मानं) + na (न) + utpannaṃ (उत्पन्नं) + na (न) + anutpannaṃ (अनुत्पन्नं) + kathaṃ (कथं) + cana (चन) + utpadyate (उत्पद्यते) + tad (तद्) + ākhyātaṃ (आख्यातं) + gamyamāna-gata-agataiḥ (गम्यमान-गत-अगतैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| notpadya-mānaṃ (नोत्पद्य-मानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: notpadya (नोत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| utpannaṃ (उत्पन्नं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | utpanna (उत्पन्न) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anutpannaṃ (अनुत्पन्नं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | anutpanna (अनुत्पन्न) |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
| utpadyate (उत्पद्यते) | present, third person singular | arises |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| ākhyātaṃ (आख्यातं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a verb |
| gamyamāna-gata-agataiḥ (गम्यमान-गत-अगतैः) | instrumental plural | a compound: being gone over, gone, and not gone. Read it from the end |
The phrases
notpadya-mānaṃ (नोत्पद्य-मानं) is a compound: notpadya (नोत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. utpannaṃ (उत्पन्नं) is utpanna (उत्पन्न). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anutpannaṃ (अनुत्पन्नं) is anutpanna (अनुत्पन्न). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable.
cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable. utpadyate (उत्पद्यते) is arises. It stands as present, third person singular. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ākhyātaṃ (आख्यातं) is a verb. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. 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.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss notpadya-mānaṃ (नोत्पद्य-मानं) and utpannaṃ (उत्पन्नं).