17.27
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 17. Karmaphala (कर्मफल) / 17.27
कर्म क्लेशाश् च देहानां प्रत्ययाः समुदाहृताः कर्म क्लेशाश् च ते शून्या यदि देहेषु का कथा
karma kleśāś ca dehānāṃ pratyayāḥ samudāhṛtāḥ karma kleśāś ca te śūnyā yadi deheṣu kā kathā
The line
An action, an affliction and, of a body, a condition, samudāhṛta (समुदाहृत), an action, an affliction and, they, those, empty, if, in a body, kā (का), katha (कथ).
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: karma (कर्म) + kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) + ca (च) + dehānāṃ (देहानां) + pratyayāḥ (प्रत्ययाः) + samudāhṛtāḥ (समुदाहृताः) + karma (कर्म) + kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) + ca (च) + te (ते) + śūnyā (शून्या) + yadi (यदि) + deheṣu (देहेषु) + kā (का) + kathā (कथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) | nominative plural | an affliction |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dehānāṃ (देहानां) | genitive plural | a body |
| pratyayāḥ (प्रत्ययाः) | nominative plural | a condition |
| samudāhṛtāḥ (समुदाहृताः) | nominative plural | samudāhṛta (समुदाहृत) |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) | nominative plural | an affliction |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| te (ते) | nominative plural, masculine | they, those |
| śūnyā (शून्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | empty |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| deheṣu (देहेषु) | locative plural | a body |
| kā (का) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| kathā (कथा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | katha (कथ) |
The phrases
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) is an affliction. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it kleśāś (क्लेशाश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. dehānāṃ (देहानां) is a body. It stands as genitive plural. pratyayāḥ (प्रत्ययाः) is a condition. It stands as nominative plural. samudāhṛtāḥ (समुदाहृताः) is samudāhṛta (समुदाहृत). It stands as nominative plural. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) is an affliction. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it kleśāś (क्लेशाश्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. te (ते) is they, those. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. śūnyā (शून्या) is empty. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. deheṣu (देहेषु) is a body. It stands as locative plural. kā (का) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. kathā (कथा) is katha (कथ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
samudāhṛtāḥ (समुदाहृताः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kleśāś (क्लेशाश्). The line writes it kleśāś (क्लेशाश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma (कर्म) and kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः).