22.8
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 22. Tathāgata (तथागत) / 22.8
तत्त्वान्यत्वेन यो नास्ति मृग्यमाणश् च पञ्चधा उपादानेन स कथं प्रज्ञप्यते तथागतः
tattvānyatvena yo nāsti mṛgyamāṇaś ca pañcadhā upādānena sa kathaṃ prajñapyate tathāgataḥ
The line
By means of a compound: a reality, what is so, other, and the state of being that, who, which. yaḥ (यः) before a voiced sound, is not, mṛgyamāṇaś (मृग्यमाणश्) and, pañcadha (पञ्चध), by means of the material, he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, how, in prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत), 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: tattva-anya-tvena (तत्त्व-अन्य-त्वेन) + yo (यो) + nāsti (नास्ति) + mṛgyamāṇaś (मृग्यमाणश्) + ca (च) + pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) + upādānena (उपादानेन) + sa (स) + kathaṃ (कथं) + prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) + tathāgataḥ (तथागतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tattva-anya-tvena (तत्त्व-अन्य-त्वेन) | instrumental singular | a compound: a reality, what is so, other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| yo (यो) | nominative singular, masculine | who, which. yaḥ (यः) before a voiced sound |
| nāsti (नास्ति) | present, third person singular | is not |
| mṛgyamāṇaś (मृग्यमाणश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | pañcadha (पञ्चध) |
| upādānena (उपादानेन) | instrumental singular | the material |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत) |
| tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one who has gone thus |
The phrases
tattva-anya-tvena (तत्त्व-अन्य-त्वेन) is a compound: a reality, what is so, other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. yo (यो) is who, which. yaḥ (यः) before a voiced sound. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. nāsti (नास्ति) is is not. It stands as present, third person singular. mṛgyamāṇaś (मृग्यमाणश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) is pañcadha (पञ्चध). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
upādānena (उपादानेन) is the material. It stands as instrumental singular. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) is prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) is the one who has gone thus. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tattva-anya-tvena (तत्त्व-अन्य-त्वेन) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tattva-anya-tvena (तत्त्व-अन्य-त्वेन) and yo (यो).