22.7
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 22. Tathāgata (तथागत) / 22.7
न भवत्यनुपादत्तमुपादानं च किं चन न चास्ति निरुपादानः कथं चन तथागतः
na bhavaty anupādattam upādānaṃ ca kiṃ cana na cāsti nirupādānaḥ kathaṃ cana tathāgataḥ
The line
Not bhavaty (भवत्य्), anupādatta (अनुपादत्त), the material and, what, at all, with a question word, not and, is, nirupādāna (निरुपादान), how, at all, with a question word, the one who has gone thus.
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: na (न) + bhavaty (भवत्य्) + anupādattam (अनुपादत्तम्) + upādānaṃ (उपादानं) + ca (च) + kiṃ (किं) + cana (चन) + na (न) + ca (च) + asti (अस्ति) + nirupādānaḥ (निरुपादानः) + kathaṃ (कथं) + cana (चन) + tathāgataḥ (तथागतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhavaty (भवत्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| anupādattam (अनुपादत्तम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | anupādatta (अनुपादत्त) |
| upādānaṃ (उपादानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the material |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kiṃ (किं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| nirupādānaḥ (निरुपादानः) | nominative singular, masculine | nirupādāna (निरुपादान) |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| cana (चन) | indeclinable | at all, with a question word |
| tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one who has gone thus |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. bhavaty (भवत्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. anupādattam (अनुपादत्तम्) is anupādatta (अनुपादत्त). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. upādānaṃ (उपादानं) is the material. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kiṃ (किं) is what. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular. The line joins them as cāsti (चास्ति). nirupādānaḥ (निरुपादानः) is nirupādāna (निरुपादान). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. cana (चन) is at all, with a question word. It stands as indeclinable. tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) is the one who has gone thus. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
anupādattam (अनुपादत्तम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāsti (चास्ति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhavaty (भवत्य्) and anupādattam (अनुपादत्तम्).