7.27
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 7. Saṃskṛta (संस्कृत) / 7.27
स्थितस्य तावद् भावस्य निरोधो नोपपद्यते नास्थितस्यापि भावस्य निरोध उपपद्यते
sthitasya tāvad bhāvasya nirodho nopapadyate nāsthitasyāpi bhāvasya nirodha upapadyate
The line
Of standing, remaining, so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound, of a state, stilling, does not fit, not in asthitasyāpa (अस्थितस्याप), of a state, stilling, fits.
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: sthitasya (स्थितस्य) + tāvad (तावद्) + bhāvasya (भावस्य) + nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) + nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) + na (न) + asthitasyāpi (अस्थितस्यापि) + bhāvasya (भावस्य) + nirodha (निरोध) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthitasya (स्थितस्य) | genitive singular | standing, remaining |
| tāvad (तावद्) | indeclinable | so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound |
| bhāvasya (भावस्य) | genitive singular | a state |
| nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | stilling |
| nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | does not fit |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| asthitasyāpi (अस्थितस्यापि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | asthitasyāpa (अस्थितस्याप) |
| bhāvasya (भावस्य) | genitive singular | a state |
| nirodha (निरोध) | the stem, as the line writes it | stilling |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
sthitasya (स्थितस्य) is standing, remaining. It stands as genitive singular. tāvad (तावद्) is so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. bhāvasya (भावस्य) is a state. It stands as genitive singular. nirodhaḥ (निरोधः) is stilling. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it nirodho. nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) is does not fit. It stands as present, third person singular.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. asthitasyāpi (अस्थितस्यापि) is asthitasyāpa (अस्थितस्याप). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. bhāvasya (भावस्य) is a state. It stands as genitive singular. nirodha (निरोध) is stilling. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
asthitasyāpi (अस्थितस्यापि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it nirodho.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sthitasya (स्थितस्य) and tāvad (तावद्).