23.10
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास) / 23.10
अनपेक्ष्य शुभं नास्त्यशुभं प्रज्ञपयेमहि यत् प्रतीत्य शुभं तस्माच् छुभं नैवोपपद्यते
anapekṣya śubhaṃ nāsty aśubhaṃ prajñapayemahi yat pratītya śubhaṃ tasmāc chubhaṃ naivopapadyate
The line
anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य), śubha (शुभ), is not. nāsti (नास्ति) before a vowel, aśubha (अशुभ), in prajñapayemaha (प्रज्ञपयेमह), which, having depended on, śubha (शुभ), because of from that, chubha (छुभ), not just, fits.
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: anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) + śubhaṃ (शुभं) + nāsty (नास्त्य्) + aśubhaṃ (अशुभं) + prajñapayemahi (प्रज्ञपयेमहि) + yat (यत्) + pratītya (प्रतीत्य) + śubhaṃ (शुभं) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + chubhaṃ (छुभं) + na (न) + eva (एव) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| śubhaṃ (शुभं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śubha (शुभ) |
| nāsty (नास्त्य्) | present, third person singular | is not. nāsti (नास्ति) before a vowel |
| aśubhaṃ (अशुभं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | aśubha (अशुभ) |
| prajñapayemahi (प्रज्ञपयेमहि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | prajñapayemaha (प्रज्ञपयेमह) |
| yat (यत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
| pratītya (प्रतीत्य) | gerund | having depended on |
| śubhaṃ (शुभं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śubha (शुभ) |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| chubhaṃ (छुभं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | chubha (छुभ) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. śubhaṃ (शुभं) is śubha (शुभ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. nāsty (नास्त्य्) is is not. nāsti (नास्ति) before a vowel. It stands as present, third person singular. aśubhaṃ (अशुभं) is aśubha (अशुभ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prajñapayemahi (प्रज्ञपयेमहि) is prajñapayemaha (प्रज्ञपयेमह). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. yat (यत्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pratītya (प्रतीत्य) is having depended on. It stands as gerund.
śubhaṃ (शुभं) is śubha (शुभ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tasmāc (तस्माच्). chubhaṃ (छुभं) is chubha (छुभ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. 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.
Sanskrit in this line
prajñapayemahi (प्रज्ञपयेमहि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tasmāc (तस्माच्). The line joins them as evopapadyate.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anapekṣya (अनपेक्ष्य) and śubhaṃ (शुभं).