16.5
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 16. Bandhanamokṣa (बन्धनमोक्ष) / 16.5
न बध्यन्ते न मुच्यन्त उदयव्ययधर्मिणः संस्काराः पूर्ववत् सत्त्वो बध्यते न न मुच्यते
na badhyante na mucyanta udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ saṃskārāḥ pūrvavat sattvo badhyate na na mucyate
The line
Not in badhyanta (बध्यन्त), not mucyanta (मुच्यन्त), udayavyayadharmiṇa (उदयव्ययधर्मिण), a compounded thing, as before, like the earlier, the bright strand, in badhyata (बध्यत), not, not is released.
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: na (न) + badhyante (बध्यन्ते) + na (न) + mucyanta (मुच्यन्त) + udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ (उदयव्ययधर्मिणः) + saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) + pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) + sattvaḥ (सत्त्वः) + badhyate (बध्यते) + na (न) + na (न) + mucyate (मुच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| badhyante (बध्यन्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | badhyanta (बध्यन्त) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| mucyanta (मुच्यन्त) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ (उदयव्ययधर्मिणः) | nominative singular, masculine | udayavyayadharmiṇa (उदयव्ययधर्मिण) |
| saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) | nominative plural | a compounded thing |
| pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) | indeclinable | as before, like the earlier |
| sattvaḥ (सत्त्वः) | nominative singular, masculine | the bright strand |
| badhyate (बध्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | badhyata (बध्यत) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| mucyate (मुच्यते) | present, third person singular | is released |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. badhyante (बध्यन्ते) is badhyanta (बध्यन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. mucyanta (मुच्यन्त) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ (उदयव्ययधर्मिणः) is udayavyayadharmiṇa (उदयव्ययधर्मिण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative plural.
pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) is as before, like the earlier. It stands as indeclinable. sattvaḥ (सत्त्वः) is the bright strand. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sattvo. badhyate (बध्यते) is badhyata (बध्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. mucyate (मुच्यते) is is released. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ (उदयव्ययधर्मिणः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sattvo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss badhyante (बध्यन्ते) and mucyanta (मुच्यन्त).