8.8
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 8. Karmakāraka (कर्मकारक) / 8.8
सता च क्रियते नासन् नासता क्रियते च सत् कर्त्रा सर्वे प्रसज्यन्ते दोषास् तत्र त एव हि
satā ca kriyate nāsan nāsatā kriyate ca sat kartrā sarve prasajyante doṣās tatra ta eva hi
The line
What is and, is done, not being. sat before n, not what is not, is done and, what is, kartra (कर्त्र), all, in prasajyanta (प्रसज्यन्त), a fault, there, ta (त) just.
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: satā (सता) + ca (च) + kriyate (क्रियते) + nā (ना) + san (सन्) + na (न) + asatā (असता) + kriyate (क्रियते) + ca (च) + sat (सत्) + kartrā (कर्त्रा) + sarve (सर्वे) + prasajyante (प्रसज्यन्ते) + doṣāḥ (दोषाः) + tatra (तत्र) + ta (त) + eva (एव) + hi (हि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| satā (सता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | what is |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kriyate (क्रियते) | present, third person singular | is done |
| nā (ना) | indeclinable | not |
| san (सन्) | nominative singular, masculine | being. sat before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| asatā (असता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | what is not |
| kriyate (क्रियते) | present, third person singular | is done |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sat (सत्) | the stem, as the line writes it | what is |
| kartrā (कर्त्रा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | kartra (कर्त्र) |
| sarve (सर्वे) | nominative plural, masculine | all |
| prasajyante (प्रसज्यन्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | prasajyanta (प्रसज्यन्त) |
| doṣāḥ (दोषाः) | nominative plural | a fault |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| ta (त) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
The phrases
satā (सता) is what is. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kriyate (क्रियते) is is done. It stands as present, third person singular. nā (ना) is not. It stands as indeclinable. san (सन्) is being. sat before n. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as nāsan (नासन्). na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. asatā (असता) is what is not. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. kriyate (क्रियते) is is done. It stands as present, third person singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sat (सत्) is what is. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. kartrā (कर्त्रा) is kartra (कर्त्र). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. sarve (सर्वे) is all. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. prasajyante (प्रसज्यन्ते) is prasajyanta (प्रसज्यन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. doṣāḥ (दोषाः) is a fault. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it doṣās (दोषास्). tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. ta (त) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prasajyante (प्रसज्यन्ते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as nāsan (नासन्). The line writes it doṣās (दोषास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss satā (सता) and kriyate (क्रियते).