20.12
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 20. Sāmagrī (सामग्री) / 20.12
नातीतस्य ह्यतीतेन फलस्य सह हेतुना नाजातेन न जातेन संगतिर् जातु विद्यते
nātītasya hy atītena phalasya saha hetunā nājātena na jātena saṃgatir jātu vidyate
The line
Not of gone beyond. By means of gone beyond, of of the fruit, together with, by means of by a reason, not by means of ajāta (अजात), not by means of a futile rejoinder, saṃgatir (संगतिर्), ever, at all, is found.
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: na (न) + atītasya (अतीतस्य) + hy (ह्य्) + atītena (अतीतेन) + phalasya (फलस्य) + saha (सह) + hetunā (हेतुना) + na (न) + ajātena (अजातेन) + na (न) + jātena (जातेन) + saṃgatir (संगतिर्) + jātu (जातु) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| atītasya (अतीतस्य) | genitive singular | gone beyond |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| atītena (अतीतेन) | instrumental singular | gone beyond |
| phalasya (फलस्य) | genitive singular | of the fruit |
| saha (सह) | indeclinable | together with |
| hetunā (हेतुना) | instrumental singular | by a reason |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ajātena (अजातेन) | instrumental singular | ajāta (अजात) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| jātena (जातेन) | instrumental singular | a futile rejoinder |
| saṃgatir (संगतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| jātu (जातु) | indeclinable | ever, at all |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. atītasya (अतीतस्य) is gone beyond. It stands as genitive singular. hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. atītena (अतीतेन) is gone beyond. It stands as instrumental singular. phalasya (फलस्य) is of the fruit. It stands as genitive singular. saha (सह) is together with. It stands as indeclinable. hetunā (हेतुना) is by a reason. It stands as instrumental singular.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ajātena (अजातेन) is ajāta (अजात). It stands as instrumental singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. jātena (जातेन) is a futile rejoinder. It stands as instrumental singular. saṃgatir (संगतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. jātu (जातु) is ever, at all. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
atītasya (अतीतस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss atītasya (अतीतस्य) and hy (ह्य्).