22.10
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 22. Tathāgata (तथागत) / 22.10
एवं शून्यमुपादानमुपादाता च सर्वशः प्रज्ञप्यते च शून्येन कथं शून्यस् तथागतः
evaṃ śūnyam upādānam upādātā ca sarvaśaḥ prajñapyate ca śūnyena kathaṃ śūnyas tathāgataḥ
The line
Thus, empty, the material, upādāta (उपादात) and, a compound: all, and śaḥa (शःअ), in prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत) and, by means of empty, how, empty, 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: evaṃ (एवं) + śūnyam (शून्यम्) + upādānam (उपादानम्) + upādātā (उपादाता) + ca (च) + sarva-śaḥa (सर्व-शःअ) + prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) + ca (च) + śūnyena (शून्येन) + kathaṃ (कथं) + śūnyaḥ (शून्यः) + tathāgataḥ (तथागतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| śūnyam (शून्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | empty |
| upādānam (उपादानम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the material |
| upādātā (उपादाता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | upādāta (उपादात) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sarva-śaḥa (सर्व-शःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: all, and śaḥa (शःअ). Read it from the end |
| prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śūnyena (शून्येन) | instrumental singular | empty |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| śūnyaḥ (शून्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | empty |
| tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one who has gone thus |
The phrases
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. śūnyam (शून्यम्) is empty. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. upādānam (उपादानम्) is the material. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. upādātā (उपादाता) is upādāta (उपादात). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. sarva-śaḥa (सर्व-शःअ) is a compound: all, and śaḥa (शःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) is prajñapyata (प्रज्ञप्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. śūnyena (शून्येन) is empty. It stands as instrumental singular. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. śūnyaḥ (शून्यः) is empty. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it śūnyas (शून्य). tathāgataḥ (तथागतः) is the one who has gone thus. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
prajñapyate (प्रज्ञप्यते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it śūnyas (शून्य).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śūnyam (शून्यम्) and upādānam (उपादानम्).