22.6
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 22. Tathāgata (तथागत) / 22.6
स्कन्धांश् चाप्यनुपादाय नास्ति कश्चित् तथागतः यश् च नास्त्यनुपादाय स उपादास्यते कथम्
skandhāṃś cāpy anupādāya nāsti kaścit tathāgataḥ yaś ca nāsty anupādāya sa upādāsyate katham
The line
A compound: an aggregate of matter, and a part and, also, even. api before a vowel, for a compound: an atom, and a quarter, a part, is not, someone, the one who has gone thus, who, which and, is not. nāsti (नास्ति) before a vowel, for a compound: an atom, and a quarter, a part, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, in upādāsyata (उपादास्यत), how.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 22. Tathāgata (तथागत). The one who has gone thus. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: skandha-aṃśa (स्कन्ध-अंश) + ca (च) + apy (अप्य्) + anu-pādāya (अनु-पादाय) + nāsti (नास्ति) + kaścit (कश्चित्) + tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) + yaḥ (यः) + ca (च) + nāsty (नास्त्य्) + anu-pādāya (अनु-पादाय) + sa (स) + upādāsyate (उपादास्यते) + katham (कथम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| skandha-aṃśa (स्कन्ध-अंश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an aggregate of matter, and a part. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| apy (अप्य्) | indeclinable | also, even. api before a vowel |
| anu-pādāya (अनु-पादाय) | dative singular | a compound: an atom, and a quarter, a part. Read it from the end |
| nāsti (नास्ति) | present, third person singular | is not |
| kaścit (कश्चित्) | nominative singular, masculine | someone |
| tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one who has gone thus |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | who, which |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nāsty (नास्त्य्) | present, third person singular | is not. nāsti (नास्ति) before a vowel |
| anu-pādāya (अनु-पादाय) | dative singular | a compound: an atom, and a quarter, a part. Read it from the end |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| upādāsyate (उपादास्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | upādāsyata (उपादास्यत) |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how |
The phrases
skandha-aṃśa (स्कन्ध-अंश) is a compound: an aggregate of matter, and a part. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpy (चाप्य्). anu-pādāya (अनु-पादाय) is a compound: an atom, and a quarter, a part. Read it from the end. It stands as dative singular. nāsti (नास्ति) is is not. It stands as present, third person singular. kaścit (कश्चित्) is someone. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) is the one who has gone thus. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
yaḥ (यः) is who, which. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it yaś (यश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nāsty (नास्त्य्) is is not. nāsti (नास्ति) before a vowel. It stands as present, third person singular. anu-pādāya (अनु-पादाय) is a compound: an atom, and a quarter, a part. Read it from the end. It stands as dative singular. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. upādāsyate (उपादास्यते) is upādāsyata (उपादास्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. katham (कथम्) is how. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
skandha-aṃśa (स्कन्ध-अंश) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as cāpy (चाप्य्). The line writes it yaś (यश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss skandha-aṃśa (स्कन्ध-अंश) and apy (अप्य्).