14.4
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 14. Saṃsarga (संसर्ग) / 14.4
न च केवलमन्यत्वं द्रष्टव्यादेर् न विद्यते कस्यचित् केनचित् सार्धं नान्यत्वमुपपद्यते
na ca kevalam anyatvaṃ draṣṭavyāder na vidyate kasyacit kenacit sārdhaṃ nānyatvam upapadyate
The line
Not and, perfection, a compound: other, and the state of being that, draṣṭavyāder (द्रष्टव्यादेर्), not is found, of of whom, some, at all, by means of by what, some, at all, sārdha (सार्ध), not a compound: other, and the state of being that, fits.
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: na (न) + ca (च) + kevalam (केवलम्) + anya-tvaṃ (अन्य-त्वं) + draṣṭavyāder (द्रष्टव्यादेर्) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते) + kasya (कस्य) + cit (चित्) + kena (केन) + cit (चित्) + sārdhaṃ (सार्धं) + na (न) + anya-tvam (अन्य-त्वम्) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kevalam (केवलम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | perfection |
| anya-tvaṃ (अन्य-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| draṣṭavyāder (द्रष्टव्यादेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom |
| cit (चित्) | indeclinable | some, at all |
| kena (केन) | instrumental singular | by what |
| cit (चित्) | indeclinable | some, at all |
| sārdhaṃ (सार्धं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | sārdha (सार्ध) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anya-tvam (अन्य-त्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kevalam (केवलम्) is perfection. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. anya-tvaṃ (अन्य-त्वं) is a compound: other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. draṣṭavyāder (द्रष्टव्यादेर्) 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. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular. kasya (कस्य) is of whom. It stands as genitive singular.
cit (चित्) is some, at all. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kasyacit. kena (केन) is by what. It stands as instrumental singular. cit (चित्) is some, at all. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as kenacit. sārdhaṃ (सार्धं) is sārdha (सार्ध). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anya-tvam (अन्य-त्वम्) is a compound: other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
draṣṭavyāder (द्रष्टव्यादेर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as kasyacit. The line joins them as kenacit.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kevalam (केवलम्) and anya-tvaṃ (अन्य-त्वं).