20.14
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 20. Sāmagrī (सामग्री) / 20.14
नाजातस्य हि जातेन फलस्य सह हेतुना नाजातेन न नष्टेन संगतिर् जातु विद्यते
nājātasya hi jātena phalasya saha hetunā nājātena na naṣṭena saṃgatir jātu vidyate
The line
Not of ajāta (अजात). By means of a futile rejoinder, of of the fruit, together with, by means of by a reason, not by means of ajāta (अजात), not by means of naṣṭa (नष्ट), 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) + ajātasya (अजातस्य) + hi (हि) + jātena (जातेन) + phalasya (फलस्य) + saha (सह) + hetunā (हेतुना) + na (न) + ajātena (अजातेन) + na (न) + naṣṭena (नष्टेन) + saṃgatir (संगतिर्) + jātu (जातु) + vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ajātasya (अजातस्य) | genitive singular | ajāta (अजात) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| jātena (जातेन) | instrumental singular | a futile rejoinder |
| 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 |
| naṣṭena (नष्टेन) | instrumental singular | naṣṭa (नष्ट) |
| 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. ajātasya (अजातस्य) is ajāta (अजात). It stands as genitive singular. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. jātena (जातेन) is a futile rejoinder. 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. naṣṭena (नष्टेन) is naṣṭa (नष्ट). 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
ajātasya (अजातस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ajātasya (अजातस्य) and jātena (जातेन).