10.6
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 10. Agnīndhana (अग्नीन्धन) / 10.6
अन्य एवन्धनादग्निरिन्धनं प्राप्नुयाद् यदि स्त्री संप्राप्नोति पुरुषं पुरुषश् च स्त्रियं यथा
anya evandhanād agnir indhanaṃ prāpnuyād yadi strī saṃprāpnoti puruṣaṃ puruṣaś ca striyaṃ yathā
The line
Other, because of evandhana (एवन्धन), fire, fuel, because of prāpnuya (प्राप्नुय), if, stra (स्त्र), in saṃprāpnota (संप्राप्नोत), the person, the person and, striya (स्त्रिय), as.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 10. Agnīndhana (अग्नीन्धन). Fire and fuel. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: anya (अन्य) + evandhanād (एवन्धनाद्) + agniḥ (अग्निः) + indhanaṃ (इन्धनं) + prāpnuyād (प्राप्नुयाद्) + yadi (यदि) + strī (स्त्री) + saṃprāpnoti (संप्राप्नोति) + puruṣaṃ (पुरुषं) + puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) + ca (च) + striyaṃ (स्त्रियं) + yathā (यथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anya (अन्य) | the stem, as the line writes it | other |
| evandhanād (एवन्धनाद्) | ablative singular | evandhana (एवन्धन) |
| agniḥ (अग्निः) | nominative singular | fire |
| indhanaṃ (इन्धनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | fuel |
| prāpnuyād (प्राप्नुयाद्) | ablative singular | prāpnuya (प्राप्नुय) |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| strī (स्त्री) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | stra (स्त्र) |
| saṃprāpnoti (संप्राप्नोति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | saṃprāpnota (संप्राप्नोत) |
| puruṣaṃ (पुरुषं) | accusative singular, masculine | the person |
| puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) | nominative singular, masculine | the person |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| striyaṃ (स्त्रियं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | striya (स्त्रिय) |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
The phrases
anya (अन्य) is other. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. evandhanād (एवन्धनाद्) is evandhana (एवन्धन). It stands as ablative singular. agniḥ (अग्निः) is fire. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it agnir. indhanaṃ (इन्धनं) is fuel. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prāpnuyād (प्राप्नुयाद्) is prāpnuya (प्राप्नुय). It stands as ablative singular. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. strī (स्त्री) is stra (स्त्र). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine.
saṃprāpnoti (संप्राप्नोति) is saṃprāpnota (संप्राप्नोत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. puruṣaṃ (पुरुषं) is the person. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) is the person. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it puruṣaś (पुरुषश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. striyaṃ (स्त्रियं) is striya (स्त्रिय). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃprāpnoti (संप्राप्नोति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it agnir. The line writes it puruṣaś (पुरुषश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anya (अन्य) and evandhanād (एवन्धनाद्).