13.7
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 13. Saṃskāra (संस्कार) / 13.7
यद्यशून्यं भवेत् किंचित् स्याच् छून्यमिति किं चन न किंचिदस्त्यशून्यं च कुतः शून्यं भविष्यति
yady aśūnyaṃ bhavet kiṃcit syāc chūnyam iti kiṃ cana na kiṃcid asty aśūnyaṃ ca kutaḥ śūnyaṃ bhaviṣyati
The line
If. yadi before a vowel, not empty, would be, what, some, at all, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, chūnya (छून्य) thus, what, at all, with a question word, not what, some. cit before a voiced sound, asty (अस्त्य्), not empty and, from where, how, empty, will be.
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: yady (यद्य्) + aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) + bhavet (भवेत्) + kiṃ (किं) + cit (चित्) + syāc (स्याच्) + chūnyam (छून्यम्) + iti (इति) + kiṃ (किं) + cana (चन) + na (न) + kiṃ (किं) + cid (चिद्) + asty (अस्त्य्) + aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) + ca (च) + kutaḥ (कुतः) + śūnyaṃ (शून्यं) + bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yady (यद्य्) | indeclinable | if. yadi before a vowel |
| aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not empty |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
| kiṃ (किं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| cit (चित्) | indeclinable | some, at all |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| chūnyam (छून्यम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | chūnya (छून्य) |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| kiṃ (किं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| kiṃ (किं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| cid (चिद्) | indeclinable | some. cit before a voiced sound |
| asty (अस्त्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not empty |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kutaḥ (कुतः) | indeclinable | from where, how |
| śūnyaṃ (शून्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | empty |
| bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) | future, third person singular | will be |
The phrases
yady (यद्य्) is if. yadi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) is not empty. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular. kiṃ (किं) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cit (चित्) is some, at all. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kiṃcit (किंचित्). syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. chūnyam (छून्यम्) is chūnya (छून्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. kiṃ (किं) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. kiṃ (किं) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cid (चिद्) is some. cit before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kiṃcid (किंचिद्). asty (अस्त्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) is not empty. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kutaḥ (कुतः) is from where, how. It stands as indeclinable. śūnyaṃ (शून्यं) is empty. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) is will be. It stands as future, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) is future, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as kiṃcit (किंचित्). The line joins them as kiṃcid (किंचिद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśūnyaṃ (अशून्यं) and bhavet (भवेत्).