15.7
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 15. Svabhāva (स्वभाव) / 15.7
कात्यायनाववादे चास्तीति नास्तीति चोभयम् प्रतिषिद्धं भगवता भावाभावविभाविना
kātyāyanāvavāde cāstīti nāstīti cobhayam pratiṣiddhaṃ bhagavatā bhāvābhāvavibhāvinā
The line
In a compound: kātyā (कात्या), yanāva (यनाव), and honest debate, in cāstīta (चास्तीत), is not thus and, both, a compound: toward, against, and ṣiddha (षिद्ध), bhagavata (भगवत), by means of a compound: a state, absence, and vibhāva (विभाव).
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: kātyā-yanāva-vāde (कात्या-यनाव-वादे) + cāstīti (चास्तीति) + nāsti (नास्ति) + iti (इति) + ca (च) + ubhayam (उभयम्) + prati-ṣiddhaṃ (प्रति-षिद्धं) + bhagavatā (भगवता) + bhāva-abhāva-vibhāvinā (भाव-अभाव-विभाविना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kātyā-yanāva-vāde (कात्या-यनाव-वादे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: kātyā (कात्या), yanāva (यनाव), and honest debate. Read it from the end |
| cāstīti (चास्तीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | cāstīta (चास्तीत) |
| nāsti (नास्ति) | present, third person singular | is not |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| ubhayam (उभयम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | both |
| prati-ṣiddhaṃ (प्रति-षिद्धं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and ṣiddha (षिद्ध). Read it from the end |
| bhagavatā (भगवता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | bhagavata (भगवत) |
| bhāva-abhāva-vibhāvinā (भाव-अभाव-विभाविना) | instrumental singular | a compound: a state, absence, and vibhāva (विभाव). Read it from the end |
The phrases
kātyā-yanāva-vāde (कात्या-यनाव-वादे) is a compound: kātyā (कात्या), yanāva (यनाव), and honest debate. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. cāstīti (चास्तीति) is cāstīta (चास्तीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. nāsti (नास्ति) is is not. It stands as present, third person singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as nāstīti (नास्तीति). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
ubhayam (उभयम्) is both. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as cobhayam. prati-ṣiddhaṃ (प्रति-षिद्धं) is a compound: toward, against, and ṣiddha (षिद्ध). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. bhagavatā (भगवता) is bhagavata (भगवत). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. bhāva-abhāva-vibhāvinā (भाव-अभाव-विभाविना) is a compound: a state, absence, and vibhāva (विभाव). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāva-abhāva-vibhāvinā (भाव-अभाव-विभाविना) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as nāstīti (नास्तीति). The line joins them as cobhayam.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kātyā-yanāva-vāde (कात्या-यनाव-वादे) and cāstīti (चास्तीति).