23.19
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 23. Viparyāsa (विपर्यास) / 23.19
अनुत्पन्नाः कथं नाम भविष्यन्ति विपर्ययाः विपर्ययेष्वजातेषु विपर्ययगतः कुतः
anutpannāḥ kathaṃ nāma bhaviṣyanti viparyayāḥ viparyayeṣv ajāteṣu viparyayagataḥ kutaḥ
The line
anutpanna (अनुत्पन्न), how, indeed, by name, in bhaviṣyanta (भविष्यन्त), the reverse, viparyayeṣv (विपर्ययेष्व्), in ajāta (अजात), a compound: the reverse, and gone, from where, how.
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: anutpannāḥ (अनुत्पन्नाः) + kathaṃ (कथं) + nāma (नाम) + bhaviṣyanti (भविष्यन्ति) + viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) + viparyayeṣv (विपर्ययेष्व्) + ajāteṣu (अजातेषु) + viparyaya-gataḥ (विपर्यय-गतः) + kutaḥ (कुतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anutpannāḥ (अनुत्पन्नाः) | nominative plural | anutpanna (अनुत्पन्न) |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| nāma (नाम) | indeclinable | indeed, by name |
| bhaviṣyanti (भविष्यन्ति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | bhaviṣyanta (भविष्यन्त) |
| viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) | nominative plural | the reverse |
| viparyayeṣv (विपर्ययेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ajāteṣu (अजातेषु) | locative plural | ajāta (अजात) |
| viparyaya-gataḥ (विपर्यय-गतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the reverse, and gone. Read it from the end |
| kutaḥ (कुतः) | indeclinable | from where, how |
The phrases
anutpannāḥ (अनुत्पन्नाः) is anutpanna (अनुत्पन्न). It stands as nominative plural. kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. nāma (नाम) is indeed, by name. It stands as indeclinable. bhaviṣyanti (भविष्यन्ति) is bhaviṣyanta (भविष्यन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. viparyayāḥ (विपर्ययाः) is the reverse. It stands as nominative plural.
viparyayeṣv (विपर्ययेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ajāteṣu (अजातेषु) is ajāta (अजात). It stands as locative plural. viparyaya-gataḥ (विपर्यय-गतः) is a compound: the reverse, and gone. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kutaḥ (कुतः) is from where, how. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
viparyaya-gataḥ (विपर्यय-गतः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anutpannāḥ (अनुत्पन्नाः) and nāma (नाम).