7.15
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 7. Saṃskṛta (संस्कृत) / 7.15
उत्पद्यमानमुत्पत्ताविदं न क्रमते यदा कथमुत्पद्यमानं तु प्रतीत्योत्पत्तिमुच्यते
utpadyamānam utpattāv idaṃ na kramate yadā katham utpadyamānaṃ tu pratītyotpattim ucyate
The line
A compound: utpadya (उत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing, utpattāv (उत्पत्ताव्), this, not in kramata (क्रमत), when, how, a compound: utpadya (उत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing but, pratītyotpatta (प्रतीत्योत्पत्त), is said.
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: utpadya-mānam (उत्पद्य-मानम्) + utpattāv (उत्पत्ताव्) + idaṃ (इदं) + na (न) + kramate (क्रमते) + yadā (यदा) + katham (कथम्) + utpadya-mānaṃ (उत्पद्य-मानं) + tu (तु) + pratītyotpattim (प्रतीत्योत्पत्तिम्) + ucyate (उच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utpadya-mānam (उत्पद्य-मानम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: utpadya (उत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| utpattāv (उत्पत्ताव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kramate (क्रमते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | kramata (क्रमत) |
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how |
| utpadya-mānaṃ (उत्पद्य-मानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: utpadya (उत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pratītyotpattim (प्रतीत्योत्पत्तिम्) | accusative singular | pratītyotpatta (प्रतीत्योत्पत्त) |
| ucyate (उच्यते) | present, third person singular | is said |
The phrases
utpadya-mānam (उत्पद्य-मानम्) is a compound: utpadya (उत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. utpattāv (उत्पत्ताव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. idaṃ (इदं) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. kramate (क्रमते) is kramata (क्रमत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. yadā (यदा) is when. It stands as indeclinable.
katham (कथम्) is how. It stands as indeclinable. utpadya-mānaṃ (उत्पद्य-मानं) is a compound: utpadya (उत्पद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. pratītyotpattim (प्रतीत्योत्पत्तिम्) is pratītyotpatta (प्रतीत्योत्पत्त). It stands as accusative singular. ucyate (उच्यते) is is said. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratītyotpattim (प्रतीत्योत्पत्तिम्) is accusative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpadya-mānam (उत्पद्य-मानम्) and utpattāv (उत्पत्ताव्).