20.3
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 20. Sāmagrī (सामग्री) / 20.3
हेतोश् च प्रत्ययानां च सामग्र्यामस्ति चेत् फलम् गृह्येत ननु सामग्र्यां सामग्र्यां च न गृह्यते
hetoś ca pratyayānāṃ ca sāmagryām asti cet phalam gṛhyeta nanu sāmagryāṃ sāmagryāṃ ca na gṛhyate
The line
If you say that of of a reason, from a reason and, of a condition and, of having the means complete, is, then the fruit, gṛhyeta (गृह्येत), is it not, of having the means complete, of having the means complete and, not is taken.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 20. Sāmagrī (सामग्री). The collection of causes. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: hetoḥ (हेतोः) + ca (च) + pratyayānāṃ (प्रत्ययानां) + ca (च) + sāmagryām (सामग्र्याम्) + asti (अस्ति) + cet (चेत्) + phalam (फलम्) + gṛhyeta (गृह्येत) + nanu (ननु) + sāmagryāṃ (सामग्र्यां) + sāmagryāṃ (सामग्र्यां) + ca (च) + na (न) + gṛhyate (गृह्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hetoḥ (हेतोः) | genitive or ablative singular | of a reason, from a reason |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pratyayānāṃ (प्रत्ययानां) | genitive plural | a condition |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sāmagryām (सामग्र्याम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | having the means complete |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| phalam (फलम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the fruit |
| gṛhyeta (गृह्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| nanu (ननु) | indeclinable | is it not |
| sāmagryāṃ (सामग्र्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | having the means complete |
| sāmagryāṃ (सामग्र्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | having the means complete |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| gṛhyate (गृह्यते) | present, third person singular | is taken |
The phrases
hetoḥ (हेतोः) is of a reason, from a reason. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it hetoś (हेतोश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pratyayānāṃ (प्रत्ययानां) is a condition. It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. sāmagryām (सामग्र्याम्) is having the means complete. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. phalam (फलम्) is the fruit. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
gṛhyeta (गृह्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. nanu (ननु) is is it not. It stands as indeclinable. sāmagryāṃ (सामग्र्यां) is having the means complete. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. sāmagryāṃ (सामग्र्यां) is having the means complete. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. gṛhyate (गृह्यते) is is taken. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyayānāṃ (प्रत्ययानां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it hetoś (हेतोश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss hetoḥ (हेतोः) and pratyayānāṃ (प्रत्ययानां).