14.3
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 14. Saṃsarga (संसर्ग) / 14.3
अन्येनान्यस्य संसर्गस् तच् चान्यत्वं न विद्यते द्रष्टव्यप्रभृतीनां यन् न संसर्गं व्रजन्त्यतः
anyenānyasya saṃsargas tac cānyatvaṃ na vidyate draṣṭavyaprabhṛtīnāṃ yan na saṃsargaṃ vrajanty ataḥ
The line
Of anyenānya (अन्येनान्य), contact, that. tat before c, a compound: and, other, and the state of being that, not is found, of draṣṭavyaprabhṛta (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृत), yan (यन्), not contact, vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्), therefore, from this.
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: anyenānyasya (अन्येनान्यस्य) + saṃsargaḥ (संसर्गः) + tac (तच्) + ca-anya-tvaṃ (च-अन्य-त्वं) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते) + draṣṭavyaprabhṛtīnāṃ (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृतीनां) + yan (यन्) + na (न) + saṃsargaṃ (संसर्गं) + vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्) + ataḥ (अतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyenānyasya (अन्येनान्यस्य) | genitive singular | anyenānya (अन्येनान्य) |
| saṃsargaḥ (संसर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | contact |
| tac (तच्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before c |
| ca-anya-tvaṃ (च-अन्य-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: and, other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| draṣṭavyaprabhṛtīnāṃ (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृतीनां) | genitive plural | draṣṭavyaprabhṛta (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृत) |
| yan (यन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṃsargaṃ (संसर्गं) | accusative singular, masculine | contact |
| vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore, from this |
The phrases
anyenānyasya (अन्येनान्यस्य) is anyenānya (अन्येनान्य). It stands as genitive singular. saṃsargaḥ (संसर्गः) is contact. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃsargas (संसर्ग). tac (तच्) is that. tat before c. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca-anya-tvaṃ (च-अन्य-त्वं) is a compound: and, other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular.
draṣṭavyaprabhṛtīnāṃ (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृतीनां) is draṣṭavyaprabhṛta (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृत). It stands as genitive plural. yan (यन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. saṃsargaṃ (संसर्गं) is contact. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. vrajanty (व्रजन्त्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ataḥ (अतः) is therefore, from this. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
draṣṭavyaprabhṛtīnāṃ (द्रष्टव्यप्रभृतीनां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it saṃsargas (संसर्ग).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anyenānyasya (अन्येनान्यस्य) and saṃsargaḥ (संसर्गः).