19.5
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 19. Kāla (काल) / 19.5
नास्थितो गृह्यते कालः स्थितः कालो न विद्यते यो गृह्येतागृहीतश् च कालः प्रज्ञप्यते कथम्
nāsthito gṛhyate kālaḥ sthitaḥ kālo na vidyate yo gṛhyetāgṛhītaś ca kālaḥ prajñapyate katham
The line
Not asthita (अस्थित), is taken, time, standing, remaining, time, not is found, who, which. yaḥ (यः) before a voiced sound, gṛhyetāgṛhītaś (गृह्येतागृहीतश्) and, time, in prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत), how.
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: na (न) + asthito (अस्थितो) + gṛhyate (गृह्यते) + kālaḥ (कालः) + sthitaḥ (स्थितः) + kālaḥ (कालः) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते) + yo (यो) + gṛhyetāgṛhītaś (गृह्येतागृहीतश्) + ca (च) + kālaḥ (कालः) + prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) + katham (कथम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| asthito (अस्थितो) | nominative singular, masculine | asthita (अस्थित) |
| gṛhyate (गृह्यते) | present, third person singular | is taken |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| sthitaḥ (स्थितः) | nominative singular, masculine | standing, remaining |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| yo (यो) | nominative singular, masculine | who, which. yaḥ (यः) before a voiced sound |
| gṛhyetāgṛhītaś (गृह्येतागृहीतश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत) |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. asthito (अस्थितो) is asthita (अस्थित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. gṛhyate (गृह्यते) is is taken. It stands as present, third person singular. kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sthitaḥ (स्थितः) is standing, remaining. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. 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. yo (यो) is who, which. yaḥ (यः) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. gṛhyetāgṛhītaś (गृह्येतागृहीतश्) 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. kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) is prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. katham (कथम्) is how. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
gṛhyetāgṛhītaś (गृह्येतागृहीतश्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kālo (कालो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asthito (अस्थितो) and gṛhyate (गृह्यते).