11.5
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 11. Pūrvāparakoṭi (पूर्वापरकोटि) / 11.5
न जरामरणं चैव जातिश् च सह युज्यते म्रियेत जायमानश् च स्याच् चाहेतुकतोभयोः
na jarāmaraṇaṃ caiva jātiś ca saha yujyate mriyeta jāyamānaś ca syāc cāhetukatobhayoḥ
The line
Not jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण) and just, a futile rejoinder and, together with, fits, mriyeta (म्रियेत), a compound: jāya (जाय), and a measure, a means of knowing and, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, of a compound: cāhe (चाहे), tukato (तुकतो), and fear.
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: na (न) + jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) + ca (च) + eva (एव) + jātiḥ (जातिः) + ca (च) + saha (सह) + yujyate (युज्यते) + mriyeta (म्रियेत) + jāya-mānaḥ (जाय-मानः) + ca (च) + syāc (स्याच्) + cāhe-tukato-bhayoḥ (चाहे-तुकतो-भयोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| jātiḥ (जातिः) | nominative singular | a futile rejoinder |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| saha (सह) | indeclinable | together with |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
| mriyeta (म्रियेत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| jāya-mānaḥ (जाय-मानः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: jāya (जाय), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| cāhe-tukato-bhayoḥ (चाहे-तुकतो-भयोः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: cāhe (चाहे), tukato (तुकतो), and fear. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) is jarāmaraṇa (जरामरण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as caiva. jātiḥ (जातिः) is a futile rejoinder. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it jātiś (जातिश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. saha (सह) is together with. It stands as indeclinable.
yujyate (युज्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular. mriyeta (म्रियेत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. jāya-mānaḥ (जाय-मानः) is a compound: jāya (जाय), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it jāyamānaś (जायमानश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. cāhe-tukato-bhayoḥ (चाहे-तुकतो-भयोः) is a compound: cāhe (चाहे), tukato (तुकतो), and fear. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāhe-tukato-bhayoḥ (चाहे-तुकतो-भयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as caiva. The line writes it jātiś (जातिश्). The line writes it jāyamānaś (जायमानश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jarāmaraṇaṃ (जरामरणं) and jātiḥ (जातिः).