13.1
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 13. Saṃskāra (संस्कार) / 13.1
तन् मृषा मोषधर्म यद् भगवानित्यभाषत सर्वे च मोषधर्माणः संस्कारास् तेन ते मृषा
tan mṛṣā moṣadharma yad bhagavān ity abhāṣata sarve ca moṣadharmāṇaḥ saṃskārās tena te mṛṣā
The line
That. tat before n, falsely, a compound: moṣa (मोष), and dharma, a property, which, bhagava (भगव) thus, abhāṣata (अभाषत), all and, moṣadharmāṇa (मोषधर्माण), a compounded thing, by means of by that, they, those, falsely.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 13. Saṃskāra (संस्कार). Compounded things. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tan (तन्) + mṛṣā (मृषा) + moṣa-dharma (मोष-धर्म) + yad (यद्) + bhagavān (भगवान्) + ity (इत्य्) + abhāṣata (अभाषत) + sarve (सर्वे) + ca (च) + moṣadharmāṇaḥ (मोषधर्माणः) + saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) + tena (तेन) + te (ते) + mṛṣā (मृषा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tan (तन्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before n |
| mṛṣā (मृषा) | indeclinable | falsely |
| moṣa-dharma (मोष-धर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: moṣa (मोष), and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| yad (यद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| bhagavān (भगवान्) | accusative plural, masculine | bhagava (भगव) |
| ity (इत्य्) | indeclinable | thus. iti before a vowel |
| abhāṣata (अभाषत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| sarve (सर्वे) | nominative plural, masculine | all |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| moṣadharmāṇaḥ (मोषधर्माणः) | nominative singular, masculine | moṣadharmāṇa (मोषधर्माण) |
| saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) | nominative plural | a compounded thing |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| te (ते) | nominative plural, masculine | they, those |
| mṛṣā (मृषा) | indeclinable | falsely |
The phrases
tan (तन्) is that. tat before n. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. mṛṣā (मृषा) is falsely. It stands as indeclinable. moṣa-dharma (मोष-धर्म) is a compound: moṣa (मोष), and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. yad (यद्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. bhagavān (भगवान्) is bhagava (भगव). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. ity (इत्य्) is thus. iti before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. abhāṣata (अभाषत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
sarve (सर्वे) is all. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. moṣadharmāṇaḥ (मोषधर्माणः) is moṣadharmāṇa (मोषधर्माण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it saṃskārās (संस्कारास्). tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular. te (ते) is they, those. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. mṛṣā (मृषा) is falsely. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
moṣadharmāṇaḥ (मोषधर्माणः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it saṃskārās (संस्कारास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tan (तन्) and mṛṣā (मृषा).