22.14
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 22. Tathāgata (तथागत) / 22.14
स्वभावतश् च शून्येऽस्मिंश् चिन्ता नैवोपपद्यते परं निरोधाद् भवति बुद्धो न भवतीति वा
svabhāvataś ca śūnye 'smiṃś cintā naivopapadyate paraṃ nirodhād bhavati buddho na bhavatīti vā
The line
A compound: an own-nature, and taśa (तश) and, in empty, asmiṃś (अस्मिंश्), thinking, not just, fits, the highest, only, because of stilling, is, becomes, one who has woken, not is, becomes thus or.
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: svabhāva-taśa (स्वभाव-तश) + ca (च) + śūnye (शून्ये) + asmiṃś (अस्मिंश्) + cintā (चिन्ता) + na (न) + eva (एव) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते) + paraṃ (परं) + nirodhāt (निरोधात्) + bhavati (भवति) + buddhaḥ (बुद्धः) + na (न) + bhavati (भवति) + iti (इति) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| śūnye (शून्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | empty |
| asmiṃś (अस्मिंश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| cintā (चिन्ता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | thinking |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
| paraṃ (परं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the highest, only |
| nirodhāt (निरोधात्) | ablative singular | stilling |
| bhavati (भवति) | present, third person singular | is, becomes |
| buddhaḥ (बुद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has woken |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhavati (भवति) | present, third person singular | is, becomes |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
The phrases
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. śūnye (शून्ये) is empty. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. asmiṃś (अस्मिंश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. cintā (चिन्ता) is thinking. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular. The line joins them as evopapadyate.
paraṃ (परं) is the highest, only. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. nirodhāt (निरोधात्) is stilling. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it nirodhād (निरोधाद्). bhavati (भवति) is is, becomes. It stands as present, third person singular. buddhaḥ (बुद्धः) is one who has woken. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it buddho. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. bhavati (भवति) is is, becomes. It stands as present, third person singular. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as bhavatīti (भवतीति). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
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 apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line joins them as evopapadyate. The line writes it nirodhād (निरोधाद्). The line writes it buddho. The line joins them as bhavatīti (भवतीति).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svabhāva-taśa (स्वभाव-तश) and śūnye (शून्ये).