16.3
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 16. Bandhanamokṣa (बन्धनमोक्ष) / 16.3
उपादानादुपादानं संसरन् विभवो भवेत् विभवश् चानुपादानः कः स किं संसरिष्यति
upādānād upādānaṃ saṃsaran vibhavo bhavet vibhavaś cānupādānaḥ kaḥ sa kiṃ saṃsariṣyati
The line
Because of the material, the material, saṃsaran (संसरन्), passing away, would be, passing away, cānupādāna (चानुपादान), who, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, what, in saṃsariṣyata (संसरिष्यत).
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 16. Bandhanamokṣa (बन्धनमोक्ष). Bondage and release. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: upādānāt (उपादानात्) + upādānaṃ (उपादानं) + saṃsaran (संसरन्) + vibhavaḥ (विभवः) + bhavet (भवेत्) + vibhavaḥ (विभवः) + cānupādānaḥ (चानुपादानः) + kaḥ (कः) + sa (स) + kiṃ (किं) + saṃsariṣyati (संसरिष्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upādānāt (उपादानात्) | ablative singular | the material |
| upādānaṃ (उपादानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the material |
| saṃsaran (संसरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vibhavaḥ (विभवः) | nominative singular, masculine | passing away |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | would be |
| vibhavaḥ (विभवः) | nominative singular, masculine | passing away |
| cānupādānaḥ (चानुपादानः) | nominative singular, masculine | cānupādāna (चानुपादान) |
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | who |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| kiṃ (किं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| saṃsariṣyati (संसरिष्यति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | saṃsariṣyata (संसरिष्यत) |
The phrases
upādānāt (उपादानात्) is the material. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it upādānād (उपादानाद्). upādānaṃ (उपादानं) is the material. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. saṃsaran (संसरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vibhavaḥ (विभवः) is passing away. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vibhavo. bhavet (भवेत्) is would be. It stands as optative, third person singular. vibhavaḥ (विभवः) is passing away. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vibhavaś (विभवश्).
cānupādānaḥ (चानुपादानः) is cānupādāna (चानुपादान). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kaḥ (कः) is who. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kiṃ (किं) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. saṃsariṣyati (संसरिष्यति) is saṃsariṣyata (संसरिष्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsariṣyati (संसरिष्यति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it upādānād (उपादानाद्). The line writes it vibhavo. The line writes it vibhavaś (विभवश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upādānāt (उपादानात्) and upādānaṃ (उपादानं).