8.6
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 8. Karmakāraka (कर्मकारक) / 8.6
फलेऽसति न मोक्षाय न स्वर्गायोपपद्यते मार्गः सर्वक्रियाणां च नैरर्थक्यं प्रसज्यते
phale 'sati na mokṣāya na svargāyopapadyate mārgaḥ sarvakriyāṇāṃ ca nairarthakyaṃ prasajyate
The line
In in the fruit, in what is not, not for release, not in svargāyopapadyata (स्वर्गायोपपद्यत), a path, of a compound: all, and kriya (क्रिय) and, not erarthakya (एरर्थक्य), is forced as a consequence.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 8. Karmakāraka (कर्मकारक). The act and the agent. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: phale (फले) + asati (असति) + na (न) + mokṣāya (मोक्षाय) + na (न) + svargāyopapadyate (स्वर्गायोपपद्यते) + mārgaḥ (मार्गः) + sarva-kriyāṇāṃ (सर्व-क्रियाणां) + ca (च) + na (न) + erarthakyaṃ (एरर्थक्यं) + prasajyate (प्रसज्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phale (फले) | locative singular | in the fruit |
| asati (असति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | what is not |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| mokṣāya (मोक्षाय) | dative singular | release |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| svargāyopapadyate (स्वर्गायोपपद्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | svargāyopapadyata (स्वर्गायोपपद्यत) |
| mārgaḥ (मार्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | a path |
| sarva-kriyāṇāṃ (सर्व-क्रियाणां) | genitive plural | a compound: all, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| erarthakyaṃ (एरर्थक्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | erarthakya (एरर्थक्य) |
| prasajyate (प्रसज्यते) | present, third person singular | is forced as a consequence |
The phrases
phale (फले) is in the fruit. It stands as locative singular. asati (असति) is what is not. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. mokṣāya (मोक्षाय) is release. It stands as dative singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. svargāyopapadyate (स्वर्गायोपपद्यते) is svargāyopapadyata (स्वर्गायोपपद्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
mārgaḥ (मार्गः) is a path. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sarva-kriyāṇāṃ (सर्व-क्रियाणां) is a compound: all, and kriya (क्रिय). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. erarthakyaṃ (एरर्थक्यं) is erarthakya (एरर्थक्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prasajyate (प्रसज्यते) is is forced as a consequence. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phale (फले) and asati (असति).