23.5
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास) / 23.5
स्वकायदृष्टिवत् क्लेशाः क्लिष्टे सन्ति न पञ्चधा स्वकायदृष्टिवत् क्लिष्टं क्लेशेष्वपि न पञ्चधा
svakāyadṛṣṭivat kleśāḥ kliṣṭe santi na pañcadhā svakāyadṛṣṭivat kliṣṭaṃ kleśeṣv api na pañcadhā
The line
A compound: one's own, a body, a view, and possessing, an affliction, in kliṣṭa (क्लिष्ट), are, not pañcadha (पञ्चध), a compound: one's own, a body, a view, and possessing, kliṣṭa (क्लिष्ट), kleśeṣv (क्लेशेष्व्) even, not pañcadha (पञ्चध).
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास). The reversals, taking the impure for the pure and the rest. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) + kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) + kliṣṭe (क्लिष्टे) + santi (सन्ति) + na (न) + pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) + sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) + kliṣṭaṃ (क्लिष्टं) + kleśeṣv (क्लेशेष्व्) + api (अपि) + na (न) + pañcadhā (पञ्चधा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: one's own, a body, a view, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) | nominative plural | an affliction |
| kliṣṭe (क्लिष्टे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | kliṣṭa (क्लिष्ट) |
| santi (सन्ति) | present, third person plural | are |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | pañcadha (पञ्चध) |
| sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: one's own, a body, a view, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| kliṣṭaṃ (क्लिष्टं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | kliṣṭa (क्लिष्ट) |
| kleśeṣv (क्लेशेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | pañcadha (पञ्चध) |
The phrases
sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) is a compound: one's own, a body, a view, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः) is an affliction. It stands as nominative plural. kliṣṭe (क्लिष्टे) is kliṣṭa (क्लिष्ट). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. santi (सन्ति) is are. It stands as present, third person plural. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) is pañcadha (पञ्चध). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) is a compound: one's own, a body, a view, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. kliṣṭaṃ (क्लिष्टं) is kliṣṭa (क्लिष्ट). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kleśeṣv (क्लेशेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. pañcadhā (पञ्चधा) is pañcadha (पञ्चध). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sva-kāya-dṛṣṭi-vat (स्व-काय-दृष्टि-वत्) and kleśāḥ (क्लेशाः).