22.9
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 22. Tathāgata (तथागत) / 22.9
यदपीदमुपादानं तत् स्वभावान् न विद्यते स्वभावतश् च यन् नास्ति कुतस् तत् परभावतः
yad apīdam upādānaṃ tat svabhāvān na vidyate svabhāvataś ca yan nāsti kutas tat parabhāvataḥ
The line
Which even, this, the material, that, an own-nature, not is found, a compound: an own-nature, and taśa (तश) and, yan (यन्), is not, from where, how, that, a compound: another, the higher, and bhāvata (भावत).
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: yad (यद्) + api (अपि) + idam (इदम्) + upādānaṃ (उपादानं) + tat (तत्) + svabhāvān (स्वभावान्) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते) + svabhāva-taśa (स्वभाव-तश) + ca (च) + yan (यन्) + nāsti (नास्ति) + kutaḥ (कुतः) + tat (तत्) + para-bhāvataḥ (पर-भावतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yad (यद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | this |
| upādānaṃ (उपादानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the material |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| svabhāvān (स्वभावान्) | accusative plural, masculine | an own-nature |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| svabhāva-taśa (स्वभाव-तश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an own-nature, and taśa (तश). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yan (यन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| nāsti (नास्ति) | present, third person singular | is not |
| kutaḥ (कुतः) | indeclinable | from where, how |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| para-bhāvataḥ (पर-भावतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: another, the higher, and bhāvata (भावत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
yad (यद्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. idam (इदम्) is this. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as apīdam (अपीदम्). upādānaṃ (उपादानं) is the material. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. svabhāvān (स्वभावान्) is an own-nature. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular.
svabhāva-taśa (स्वभाव-तश) is a compound: an own-nature, and taśa (तश). 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. yan (यन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. nāsti (नास्ति) is is not. It stands as present, third person singular. kutaḥ (कुतः) is from where, how. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it kutas. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. para-bhāvataḥ (पर-भावतः) is a compound: another, the higher, and bhāvata (भावत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
svabhāva-taśa (स्वभाव-तश) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as apīdam (अपीदम्). The line writes it kutas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss idam (इदम्) and upādānaṃ (उपादानं).