15.1
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 15. Svabhāva (स्वभाव) / 15.1
न संभवः स्वभावस्य युक्तः प्रत्ययहेतुभिः हेतुप्रत्ययसंभूतः स्वभावः कृतको भवेत्
na saṃbhavaḥ svabhāvasya yuktaḥ pratyayahetubhiḥ hetupratyayasaṃbhūtaḥ svabhāvaḥ kṛtako bhavet
The line
Not arising, of an own-nature, fit, right, by means of a compound: a condition, and heta (हेत), a compound: a reason, a condition, and saṃbhūta (संभूत), an own-nature, kṛtaka (कृतक), would be.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 15. Svabhāva (स्वभाव). Own-nature. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + saṃbhavaḥ (संभवः) + svabhāvasya (स्वभावस्य) + yuktaḥ (युक्तः) + pratyaya-hetubhiḥ (प्रत्यय-हेतुभिः) + hetu-pratyaya-saṃbhūtaḥ (हेतु-प्रत्यय-संभूतः) + svabhāvaḥ (स्वभावः) + kṛtako (कृतको) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| saṃbhavaḥ (संभवः) | nominative singular, masculine | arising |
| svabhāvasya (स्वभावस्य) | genitive singular | an own-nature |
| yuktaḥ (युक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | fit, right |
| pratyaya-hetubhiḥ (प्रत्यय-हेतुभिः) | instrumental plural | a compound: a condition, and heta (हेत). Read it from the end |
| hetu-pratyaya-saṃbhūtaḥ (हेतु-प्रत्यय-संभूतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a reason, a condition, and saṃbhūta (संभूत). Read it from the end |
| svabhāvaḥ (स्वभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | an own-nature |
| kṛtako (कृतको) | nominative singular, masculine | kṛtaka (कृतक) |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. saṃbhavaḥ (संभवः) is arising. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. svabhāvasya (स्वभावस्य) is an own-nature. It stands as genitive singular. yuktaḥ (युक्तः) is fit, right. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pratyaya-hetubhiḥ (प्रत्यय-हेतुभिः) is a compound: a condition, and heta (हेत). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental plural.
hetu-pratyaya-saṃbhūtaḥ (हेतु-प्रत्यय-संभूतः) is a compound: a reason, a condition, and saṃbhūta (संभूत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. svabhāvaḥ (स्वभावः) is an own-nature. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kṛtako (कृतको) is kṛtaka (कृतक). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
hetu-pratyaya-saṃbhūtaḥ (हेतु-प्रत्यय-संभूतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃbhavaḥ (संभवः) and svabhāvasya (स्वभावस्य).