17.2
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 17. Karmaphala (कर्मफल) / 17.2
चेतना चेतयित्वा च कर्मोक्तं परमर्षिणा तस्यानेकविधो भेदः कर्मणः परिकीर्तितः
cetanā cetayitvā ca karmoktaṃ paramarṣiṇā tasyānekavidho bhedaḥ karmaṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
The line
Conscious, cetayitva (चेतयित्व) and, an action, what has been said, by means of a compound: another, the higher, and marṣa (मर्ष), tasyānekavidha (तस्यानेकविध), a difference, of of the action, from the action, parikīrtita (परिकीर्तित).
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 17. Karmaphala (कर्मफल). Act and fruit. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: cetanā (चेतना) + cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा) + ca (च) + karma (कर्म) + uktaṃ (उक्तं) + para-marṣiṇā (पर-मर्षिणा) + tasyānekavidho (तस्यानेकविधो) + bhedaḥ (भेदः) + karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + parikīrtitaḥ (परिकीर्तितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cetanā (चेतना) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | conscious |
| cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | cetayitva (चेतयित्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| uktaṃ (उक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| para-marṣiṇā (पर-मर्षिणा) | instrumental singular | a compound: another, the higher, and marṣa (मर्ष). Read it from the end |
| tasyānekavidho (तस्यानेकविधो) | nominative singular, masculine | tasyānekavidha (तस्यानेकविध) |
| bhedaḥ (भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| parikīrtitaḥ (परिकीर्तितः) | nominative singular, masculine | parikīrtita (परिकीर्तित) |
The phrases
cetanā (चेतना) is conscious. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा) is cetayitva (चेतयित्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. uktaṃ (उक्तं) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as karmoktaṃ (कर्मोक्तं).
para-marṣiṇā (पर-मर्षिणा) is a compound: another, the higher, and marṣa (मर्ष). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. tasyānekavidho (तस्यानेकविधो) is tasyānekavidha (तस्यानेकविध). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bhedaḥ (भेदः) is a difference. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. parikīrtitaḥ (परिकीर्तितः) is parikīrtita (परिकीर्तित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tasyānekavidho (तस्यानेकविधो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as karmoktaṃ (कर्मोक्तं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss cetanā (चेतना) and cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा).