23.18
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास) / 23.18
न विपर्यस्यमानस्य संभवन्ति विपर्ययाः विमृशस्व स्वयं कस्य संभवन्ति विपर्ययाः
na viparyasyamānasya saṃbhavanti viparyayāḥ vimṛśasva svayaṃ kasya saṃbhavanti viparyayāḥ
The line
Not of a compound: vipa (विप), ryasya (र्यस्य), and a measure, a means of knowing, can be, arise, the reverse, vimṛśasva (विमृशस्व), by itself, oneself, of of whom, 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) + vipa-ryasya-mānasya (विप-र्यस्य-मानस्य) + saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) + viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) + vimṛśasva (विमृशस्व) + svayaṃ (स्वयं) + kasya (कस्य) + saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) + viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vipa-ryasya-mānasya (विप-र्यस्य-मानस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: vipa (विप), ryasya (र्यस्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति) | present, third person plural | can be, arise |
| viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) | nominative plural | the reverse |
| vimṛśasva (विमृशस्व) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| svayaṃ (स्वयं) | indeclinable | by itself, oneself |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom |
| 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. vipa-ryasya-mānasya (विप-र्यस्य-मानस्य) is a compound: vipa (विप), ryasya (र्यस्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. 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. vimṛśasva (विमृशस्व) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
svayaṃ (स्वयं) is by itself, oneself. It stands as indeclinable. kasya (कस्य) is of whom. 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
vipa-ryasya-mānasya (विप-र्यस्य-मानस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vipa-ryasya-mānasya (विप-र्यस्य-मानस्य) and saṃbhavanti (संभवन्ति).