17.31
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 17. Karmaphala (कर्मफल) / 17.31
यथा निर्मितकं शास्ता निर्मिमीत र्द्धिसंपदा निर्मितो निर्मिमीतान्यं स च निर्मितकः पुनः
yathā nirmitakaṃ śāstā nirmimīta rddhisaṃpadā nirmito nirmimītānyaṃ sa ca nirmitakaḥ punaḥ
The line
As, nirmitaka (निर्मितक), śāsta (शास्त), nirmimīta (निर्मिमीत), rddhisaṃpada (र्द्धिसंपद), nirmita (निर्मित), nirmimītānya (निर्मिमीतान्य), he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant and, nirmitaka (निर्मितक), again.
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: yathā (यथा) + nirmitakaṃ (निर्मितकं) + śāstā (शास्ता) + nirmimīta (निर्मिमीत) + rddhisaṃpadā (र्द्धिसंपदा) + nirmito (निर्मितो) + nirmimītānyaṃ (निर्मिमीतान्यं) + sa (स) + ca (च) + nirmitakaḥ (निर्मितकः) + punaḥ (पुनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| nirmitakaṃ (निर्मितकं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | nirmitaka (निर्मितक) |
| śāstā (शास्ता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | śāsta (शास्त) |
| nirmimīta (निर्मिमीत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| rddhisaṃpadā (र्द्धिसंपदा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | rddhisaṃpada (र्द्धिसंपद) |
| nirmito (निर्मितो) | nominative singular, masculine | nirmita (निर्मित) |
| nirmimītānyaṃ (निर्मिमीतान्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | nirmimītānya (निर्मिमीतान्य) |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nirmitakaḥ (निर्मितकः) | nominative singular, masculine | nirmitaka (निर्मितक) |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again |
The phrases
yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. nirmitakaṃ (निर्मितकं) is nirmitaka (निर्मितक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. śāstā (शास्ता) is śāsta (शास्त). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. nirmimīta (निर्मिमीत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. rddhisaṃpadā (र्द्धिसंपदा) is rddhisaṃpada (र्द्धिसंपद). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. nirmito (निर्मितो) is nirmita (निर्मित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
nirmimītānyaṃ (निर्मिमीतान्यं) is nirmimītānya (निर्मिमीतान्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nirmitakaḥ (निर्मितकः) is nirmitaka (निर्मितक). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. punaḥ (पुनः) is again. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nirmimītānyaṃ (निर्मिमीतान्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nirmitakaṃ (निर्मितकं) and śāstā (शास्ता).