17.12
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 17. Karmaphala (कर्मफल) / 17.12
बहवश् च महान्तश् च दोषाः स्युर् यदि कल्पना स्यादेषा तेन नैवैषा कल्पनात्रोपपद्यते
bahavaś ca mahāntaś ca doṣāḥ syur yadi kalpanā syād eṣā tena naivaiṣā kalpanātropapadyate
The line
bahavaś (बहवश्) and, mahāntaś (महान्तश्) and, a fault, they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound, if, a supposition, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, this, by means of by that, not just, this, in a compound: a supposition, tropa (त्रोप), and padyata (पद्यत).
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: bahavaś (बहवश्) + ca (च) + mahāntaś (महान्तश्) + ca (च) + doṣāḥ (दोषाः) + syur (स्युर्) + yadi (यदि) + kalpanā (कल्पना) + syād (स्याद्) + eṣā (एषा) + tena (तेन) + na (न) + eva (एव) + eṣā (एषा) + kalpanā-tropa-padyate (कल्पना-त्रोप-पद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bahavaś (बहवश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| mahāntaś (महान्तश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| doṣāḥ (दोषाः) | nominative plural | a fault |
| syur (स्युर्) | optative, third person plural | they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| kalpanā (कल्पना) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a supposition |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| eṣā (एषा) | nominative singular, feminine | this |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| eṣā (एषा) | nominative singular, feminine | this |
| kalpanā-tropa-padyate (कल्पना-त्रोप-पद्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a supposition, tropa (त्रोप), and padyata (पद्यत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
bahavaś (बहवश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. mahāntaś (महान्तश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. doṣāḥ (दोषाः) is a fault. It stands as nominative plural. syur (स्युर्) is they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person plural. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. kalpanā (कल्पना) is a supposition. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. eṣā (एषा) is this. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. eṣā (एषा) is this. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line joins them as evaiṣā (एवैषा). kalpanā-tropa-padyate (कल्पना-त्रोप-पद्यते) is a compound: a supposition, tropa (त्रोप), and padyata (पद्यत). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
kalpanā-tropa-padyate (कल्पना-त्रोप-पद्यते) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as evaiṣā (एवैषा).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bahavaś (बहवश्) and mahāntaś (महान्तश्).