19.4
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 19. Kāla (काल) / 19.4
एतेनैवावशिष्टौ द्वौ क्रमेण परिवर्तकौ उत्तमाधममध्यादीनेकत्वादींश् च लक्षयेत्
etenaivāvaśiṣṭau dvau krameṇa parivartakau uttamādhamamadhyādīn ekatvādīṃś ca lakṣayet
The line
etenaivāvaśiṣṭa (एतेनैवावशिष्ट), two, by means of order, parivartaka (परिवर्तक), uttamādhamamadhyādīn (उत्तमाधममध्यादीन्), ekatvādīṃś (एकत्वादींश्) and, lakṣayet (लक्षयेत्).
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: etenaivāvaśiṣṭau (एतेनैवावशिष्टौ) + dvau (द्वौ) + krameṇa (क्रमेण) + parivartakau (परिवर्तकौ) + uttamādhamamadhyādīn (उत्तमाधममध्यादीन्) + ekatvādīṃś (एकत्वादींश्) + ca (च) + lakṣayet (लक्षयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| etenaivāvaśiṣṭau (एतेनैवावशिष्टौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | etenaivāvaśiṣṭa (एतेनैवावशिष्ट) |
| dvau (द्वौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | two |
| krameṇa (क्रमेण) | instrumental singular | order |
| parivartakau (परिवर्तकौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | parivartaka (परिवर्तक) |
| uttamādhamamadhyādīn (उत्तमाधममध्यादीन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ekatvādīṃś (एकत्वादींश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| lakṣayet (लक्षयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
etenaivāvaśiṣṭau (एतेनैवावशिष्टौ) is etenaivāvaśiṣṭa (एतेनैवावशिष्ट). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. dvau (द्वौ) is two. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. krameṇa (क्रमेण) is order. It stands as instrumental singular. parivartakau (परिवर्तकौ) is parivartaka (परिवर्तक). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular.
uttamādhamamadhyādīn (उत्तमाधममध्यादीन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ekatvādīṃś (एकत्वादींश्) 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. lakṣayet (लक्षयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
uttamādhamamadhyādīn (उत्तमाधममध्यादीन्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss etenaivāvaśiṣṭau (एतेनैवावशिष्टौ) and dvau (द्वौ).