23.7
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास) / 23.7
रूपशब्दरसस्पर्शा गन्धा धर्माश् च षड्विधम् वस्तु रागस्य दोषस्य मोहस्य च विकल्प्यते
rūpaśabdarasasparśā gandhā dharmāś ca ṣaḍvidham vastu rāgasya doṣasya mohasya ca vikalpyate
The line
A compound: a form, a word, taste, and touch, smell, properties, duties and, ṣaḍvidha (षड्विध), vastu (वस्तु), of passion, of a fault, of confusion and, in vikalpyata (विकल्प्यत).
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: rūpa-śabda-rasa-sparśā (रूप-शब्द-रस-स्पर्शा) + gandhā (गन्धा) + dharmāḥ (धर्माः) + ca (च) + ṣaḍvidham (षड्विधम्) + vastu (वस्तु) + rāgasya (रागस्य) + doṣasya (दोषस्य) + mohasya (मोहस्य) + ca (च) + vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpa-śabda-rasa-sparśā (रूप-शब्द-रस-स्पर्शा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a form, a word, taste, and touch. Read it from the end |
| gandhā (गन्धा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | smell |
| dharmāḥ (धर्माः) | nominative plural | properties, duties |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| ṣaḍvidham (षड्विधम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ṣaḍvidha (षड्विध) |
| vastu (वस्तु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| rāgasya (रागस्य) | genitive singular | passion |
| doṣasya (दोषस्य) | genitive singular | a fault |
| mohasya (मोहस्य) | genitive singular | confusion |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vikalpyata (विकल्प्यत) |
The phrases
rūpa-śabda-rasa-sparśā (रूप-शब्द-रस-स्पर्शा) is a compound: a form, a word, taste, and touch. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. gandhā (गन्धा) is smell. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. dharmāḥ (धर्माः) is properties, duties. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it dharmāś (धर्माश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. ṣaḍvidham (षड्विधम्) is ṣaḍvidha (षड्विध). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vastu (वस्तु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
rāgasya (रागस्य) is passion. It stands as genitive singular. doṣasya (दोषस्य) is a fault. It stands as genitive singular. mohasya (मोहस्य) is confusion. It stands as genitive singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. vikalpyate (विकल्प्यते) is vikalpyata (विकल्प्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
rūpa-śabda-rasa-sparśā (रूप-शब्द-रस-स्पर्शा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it dharmāś (धर्माश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rūpa-śabda-rasa-sparśā (रूप-शब्द-रस-स्पर्शा) and gandhā (गन्धा).