11.4
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 11. Pūrvāparakoṭi (पूर्वापरकोटि) / 11.4
पश्चाज् जातिर् यदि भवेज् जरामरणमादितः अहेतुकमजातस्य स्याज् जरामरणं कथम्
paścāj jātir yadi bhavej jarāmaraṇam āditaḥ ahetukam ajātasya syāj jarāmaraṇaṃ katham
The line
After, a futile rejoinder, if, bhavej (भवेज्), jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण), ādita (आदित), ahetuka (अहेतुक), of ajāta (अजात), it would be, let it be granted, jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण), how.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 11. Pūrvāparakoṭi (पूर्वापरकोटि). The first and the last end of the round. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: paścāt (पश्चात्) + jātiḥ (जातिः) + yadi (यदि) + bhavej (भवेज्) + jarāmaraṇam (जरामरणम्) + āditaḥ (आदितः) + ahetukam (अहेतुकम्) + ajātasya (अजातस्य) + syāt (स्यात्) + jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) + katham (कथम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paścāt (पश्चात्) | indeclinable | after |
| jātiḥ (जातिः) | nominative singular | a futile rejoinder |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| bhavej (भवेज्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| jarāmaraṇam (जरामरणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण) |
| āditaḥ (आदितः) | nominative singular, masculine | ādita (आदित) |
| ahetukam (अहेतुकम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ahetuka (अहेतुक) |
| ajātasya (अजातस्य) | genitive singular | ajāta (अजात) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण) |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how |
The phrases
paścāt (पश्चात्) is after. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it paścāj (पश्चाज्). jātiḥ (जातिः) is a futile rejoinder. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it jātir (जातिर्). yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. bhavej (भवेज्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. jarāmaraṇam (जरामरणम्) is jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. āditaḥ (आदितः) is ādita (आदित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
ahetukam (अहेतुकम्) is ahetuka (अहेतुक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ajātasya (अजातस्य) is ajāta (अजात). It stands as genitive singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. The line writes it syāj (स्याज्). jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) is jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. katham (कथम्) is how. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
jarāmaraṇam (जरामरणम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it paścāj (पश्चाज्). The line writes it jātir (जातिर्). The line writes it syāj (स्याज्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paścāt (पश्चात्) and jātiḥ (जातिः).