17.3
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 17. Karmaphala (कर्मफल) / 17.3
तत्र यच् चेतनेत्युक्तं कर्म तन् मानसं स्मृतम् चेतयित्वा च यत् तूक्तं तत् तु कायिकवाचिकम्
tatra yac cetanety uktaṃ karma tan mānasaṃ smṛtam cetayitvā ca yat tūktaṃ tat tu kāyikavācikam
The line
There, which. yat before c, conscious thus, what has been said, an action, that. tat before n, mental, memory, cetayitva (चेतयित्व) and, which, tūkta (तूक्त), that but, kāyikavācika (कायिकवाचिक).
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: tatra (तत्र) + yac (यच्) + cetana (चेतन) + ity (इत्य्) + uktaṃ (उक्तं) + karma (कर्म) + tan (तन्) + mānasaṃ (मानसं) + smṛtam (स्मृतम्) + cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा) + ca (च) + yat (यत्) + tūktaṃ (तूक्तं) + tat (तत्) + tu (तु) + kāyikavācikam (कायिकवाचिकम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| yac (यच्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which. yat before c |
| cetana (चेतन) | the stem, as the line writes it | conscious |
| ity (इत्य्) | indeclinable | thus. iti before a vowel |
| uktaṃ (उक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| tan (तन्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before n |
| mānasaṃ (मानसं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | mental |
| smṛtam (स्मृतम्) | accusative singular, feminine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | memory |
| cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | cetayitva (चेतयित्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yat (यत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| tūktaṃ (तूक्तं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tūkta (तूक्त) |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kāyikavācikam (कायिकवाचिकम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | kāyikavācika (कायिकवाचिक) |
The phrases
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. yac (यच्) is which. yat before c. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cetana (चेतन) is conscious. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ity (इत्य्) is thus. iti before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as cetanety. uktaṃ (उक्तं) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tan (तन्) is that. tat before n. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. mānasaṃ (मानसं) is mental. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
smṛtam (स्मृतम्) is memory. It stands as accusative singular, feminine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cetayitvā (चेतयित्वा) is cetayitva (चेतयित्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. yat (यत्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tūktaṃ (तूक्तं) is tūkta (तूक्त). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. kāyikavācikam (कायिकवाचिकम्) is kāyikavācika (कायिकवाचिक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
kāyikavācikam (कायिकवाचिकम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as cetanety.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatra (तत्र) and yac (यच्).