14.1
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 14. Saṃsarga (संसर्ग) / 14.1
द्रष्टव्यं दर्शनं द्रष्टा त्रीण्येतानि द्विशो द्विशः सर्वशश् च न संसर्गमन्योन्येन व्रजन्त्युत
draṣṭavyaṃ darśanaṃ draṣṭā trīṇy etāni dviśo dviśaḥ sarvaśaś ca na saṃsargam anyonyena vrajanty uta
The line
draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य), seeing, the seer, trīṇy (त्रीण्य्), these, dviśa (द्विश), dviśa (द्विश), a compound: all, and śaśa (शश) and, not contact, by means of anyonya (अन्योन्य), vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्), or else, then.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 14. Saṃsarga (संसर्ग). Meeting, contact. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: draṣṭavyaṃ (द्रष्टव्यं) + darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) + draṣṭā (द्रष्टा) + trīṇy (त्रीण्य्) + etāni (एतानि) + dviśo (द्विशो) + dviśaḥ (द्विशः) + sarva-śaśa (सर्व-शश) + ca (च) + na (न) + saṃsargam (संसर्गम्) + anyonyena (अन्योन्येन) + vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्) + uta (उत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| draṣṭavyaṃ (द्रष्टव्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य) |
| darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | seeing |
| draṣṭā (द्रष्टा) | nominative singular, masculine | the seer |
| trīṇy (त्रीण्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| etāni (एतानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | these |
| dviśo (द्विशो) | nominative singular, masculine | dviśa (द्विश) |
| dviśaḥ (द्विशः) | nominative singular, masculine | dviśa (द्विश) |
| sarva-śaśa (सर्व-शश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: all, and śaśa (शश). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṃsargam (संसर्गम्) | accusative singular, masculine | contact |
| anyonyena (अन्योन्येन) | instrumental singular | anyonya (अन्योन्य) |
| vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| uta (उत) | indeclinable | or else, then |
The phrases
draṣṭavyaṃ (द्रष्टव्यं) is draṣṭavya (द्रष्टव्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. darśanaṃ (दर्शनं) is seeing. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. draṣṭā (द्रष्टा) is the seer. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. trīṇy (त्रीण्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. etāni (एतानि) is these. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. dviśo (द्विशो) is dviśa (द्विश). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. dviśaḥ (द्विशः) is dviśa (द्विश). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
sarva-śaśa (सर्व-शश) is a compound: all, and śaśa (शश). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. saṃsargam (संसर्गम्) is contact. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. anyonyena (अन्योन्येन) is anyonya (अन्योन्य). It stands as instrumental singular. vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. uta (उत) is or else, then. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
draṣṭavyaṃ (द्रष्टव्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss draṣṭavyaṃ (द्रष्टव्यं) and darśanaṃ (दर्शनं).