24.2
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 24. Āryasatya (आर्यसत्य) / 24.2
परिज्ञा च प्रहाणं च भावना साक्षिकर्म च चतुर्णामार्यसत्यानामभावान् नोपपद्यते
parijñā ca prahāṇaṃ ca bhāvanā sākṣikarma ca caturṇām āryasatyānām abhāvān nopapadyate
The line
parijña (परिज्ञ) and, leaving and, a compound: a state, and not, a compound: sākṣi (साक्षि), and action and, a compound: four, and ṇāma (णाम), of a noble truth, absence, does not fit.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 24. Āryasatya (आर्यसत्य). The noble truths. Verse 18 says what śūnyatā (शून्यता) is. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: parijñā (परिज्ञा) + ca (च) + prahāṇaṃ (प्रहाणं) + ca (च) + bhāva-nā (भाव-ना) + sākṣi-karma (साक्षि-कर्म) + ca (च) + catur-ṇāma (चतुर्-णाम) + āryasatyānām (आर्यसत्यानाम्) + abhāvān (अभावान्) + nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| parijñā (परिज्ञा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | parijña (परिज्ञ) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prahāṇaṃ (प्रहाणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | leaving |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| bhāva-nā (भाव-ना) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a state, and not. Read it from the end |
| sākṣi-karma (साक्षि-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: sākṣi (साक्षि), and action. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| catur-ṇāma (चतुर्-णाम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: four, and ṇāma (णाम). Read it from the end |
| āryasatyānām (आर्यसत्यानाम्) | genitive plural | a noble truth |
| abhāvān (अभावान्) | accusative plural, masculine | absence |
| nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | does not fit |
The phrases
parijñā (परिज्ञा) is parijña (परिज्ञ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. prahāṇaṃ (प्रहाणं) is leaving. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. bhāva-nā (भाव-ना) is a compound: a state, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. sākṣi-karma (साक्षि-कर्म) is a compound: sākṣi (साक्षि), and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. catur-ṇāma (चतुर्-णाम) is a compound: four, and ṇāma (णाम). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. āryasatyānām (आर्यसत्यानाम्) is a noble truth. It stands as genitive plural. abhāvān (अभावान्) is absence. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) is does not fit. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
āryasatyānām (आर्यसत्यानाम्) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss parijñā (परिज्ञा) and prahāṇaṃ (प्रहाणं).