19.3
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 19. Kāla (काल) / 19.3
अनपेक्ष्य पुनः सिद्धिर् नातीतं विद्यते तयोः प्रत्युत्पन्नोऽनागतश् च तस्मात् कालो न विद्यते
anapekṣya punaḥ siddhir nātītaṃ vidyate tayoḥ pratyutpanno 'nāgataś ca tasmāt kālo na vidyate
The line
anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य), again, establishment, not gone beyond, is found, of of the two, in the two, a compound: toward, against, and utpanna (उत्पन्न), not not and, because of from that, time, not is found.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 19. Kāla (काल). Time. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) + punaḥ (पुनः) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) + na (न) + atītaṃ (अतीतं) + vidyate (विद्यते) + tayoḥ (तयोः) + prati-utpanno (प्रति-उत्पन्नो) + a-na (अ-न) + ca (च) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + kālaḥ (कालः) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again |
| siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | establishment |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| atītaṃ (अतीतं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | gone beyond |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| tayoḥ (तयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of the two, in the two |
| prati-utpanno (प्रति-उत्पन्नो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and utpanna (उत्पन्न). Read it from the end |
| a-na (अ-न) | indeclinable | not not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
The phrases
anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. punaḥ (पुनः) is again. It stands as indeclinable. siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) is establishment. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it siddhir. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. atītaṃ (अतीतं) is gone beyond. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular. tayoḥ (तयोः) is of the two, in the two. It stands as genitive or locative dual.
prati-utpanno (प्रति-उत्पन्नो) is a compound: toward, against, and utpanna (उत्पन्न). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. a-na (अ-न) is not not. It stands as indeclinable. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kālo (कालो). na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-utpanno (प्रति-उत्पन्नो) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it siddhir. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line writes it kālo (कालो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) and siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः).