9.2
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 9. Pūrva (पूर्व) / 9.2
कथं ह्यविद्यमानस्य दर्शनादि भविष्यति भावस्य तस्मात् प्रागेभ्यः सोऽस्ति भावो व्यवस्थितः
kathaṃ hy avidyamānasya darśanādi bhaviṣyati bhāvasya tasmāt prāg ebhyaḥ so 'sti bhāvo vyavasthitaḥ
The line
How. Of a compound: avidya (अविद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing, in a compound: the new-moon rite, and nāda (नाद), will be, of a state, because of from that, before. prāk (प्राक्) before a voiced sound, ebhya (एभ्य), he, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound, is, a being, a state. bhāvaḥ (भावः) before a voiced sound, settled.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 9. Pūrva (पूर्व). The earlier, the seer before the seeing. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kathaṃ (कथं) + hy (ह्य्) + avidya-mānasya (अविद्य-मानस्य) + darśa-nādi (दर्श-नादि) + bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) + bhāvasya (भावस्य) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + prāg (प्राग्) + ebhyaḥ (एभ्यः) + so (सो) + asti (अस्ति) + bhāvo (भावो) + vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| avidya-mānasya (अविद्य-मानस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: avidya (अविद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| darśa-nādi (दर्श-नादि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: the new-moon rite, and nāda (नाद). Read it from the end |
| bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) | future, third person singular | will be |
| bhāvasya (भावस्य) | genitive singular | a state |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| prāg (प्राग्) | indeclinable | before. prāk (प्राक्) before a voiced sound |
| ebhyaḥ (एभ्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | ebhya (एभ्य) |
| so (सो) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| bhāvo (भावो) | nominative singular, masculine | a being, a state. bhāvaḥ (भावः) before a voiced sound |
| vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | settled |
The phrases
kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. avidya-mānasya (अविद्य-मानस्य) is a compound: avidya (अविद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. darśa-nādi (दर्श-नादि) is a compound: the new-moon rite, and nāda (नाद). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) is will be. It stands as future, third person singular. bhāvasya (भावस्य) is a state. It stands as genitive singular. tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular.
prāg (प्राग्) is before. prāk (प्राक्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. ebhyaḥ (एभ्यः) is ebhya (एभ्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. so (सो) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. bhāvo (भावो) is a being, a state. bhāvaḥ (भावः) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vyavasthitaḥ (व्यवस्थितः) is settled. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
avidya-mānasya (अविद्य-मानस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hy (ह्य्) and avidya-mānasya (अविद्य-मानस्य).