23.17
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास) / 23.17
न चापि विपरीतस्य संभवन्ति विपर्ययाः न चाप्यविपरीतस्य संभवन्ति विपर्ययाः
na cāpi viparītasya saṃbhavanti viparyayāḥ na cāpy aviparītasya saṃbhavanti viparyayāḥ
The line
Not and even, of the reverse, can be, arise, the reverse, not and, also, even. api before a vowel, of aviparīta (अविपरीत), can be, arise, the reverse.
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: na (न) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + viparītasya (विपरीतस्य) + saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) + viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) + na (न) + ca (च) + apy (अप्य्) + aviparītasya (अविपरीतस्य) + saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) + viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| viparītasya (विपरीतस्य) | genitive singular | the reverse |
| saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) | present, third person plural | can be, arise |
| viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) | nominative plural | the reverse |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| apy (अप्य्) | indeclinable | also, even. api before a vowel |
| aviparītasya (अविपरीतस्य) | genitive singular | aviparīta (अविपरीत) |
| saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) | present, third person plural | can be, arise |
| viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) | nominative plural | the reverse |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). viparītasya (विपरीतस्य) is the reverse. It stands as genitive singular. saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) is can be, arise. It stands as present, third person plural. viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) is the reverse. It stands as nominative plural.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpy (चाप्य्). aviparītasya (अविपरीतस्य) is aviparīta (अविपरीत). It stands as genitive singular. saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) is can be, arise. It stands as present, third person plural. viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) is the reverse. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
aviparītasya (अविपरीतस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). The line joins them as cāpy (चाप्य्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viparītasya (विपरीतस्य) and saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति).