24.38
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 24. Āryasatya (आर्यसत्य) / 24.38
अजातमनिरुद्धं च कूटश्थं च भविष्यति विचित्राभिरवस्थाभिः स्वभावे रहितं जगत्
ajātam aniruddhaṃ ca kūṭaśthaṃ ca bhaviṣyati vicitrābhir avasthābhiḥ svabhāve rahitaṃ jagat
The line
ajāta (अजात), aniruddha (अनिरुद्ध) and, kūṭaśtha (कूटश्थ) and, will be, vicitrābhir (विचित्राभिर्), by means of avastha (अवस्थ), in an own-nature, rahita (रहित), the world.
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: ajātam (अजातम्) + aniruddhaṃ (अनिरुद्धं) + ca (च) + kūṭaśthaṃ (कूटश्थं) + ca (च) + bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) + vicitrābhir (विचित्राभिर्) + avasthābhiḥ (अवस्थाभिः) + svabhāve (स्वभावे) + rahitaṃ (रहितं) + jagat (जगत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ajātam (अजातम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ajāta (अजात) |
| aniruddhaṃ (अनिरुद्धं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | aniruddha (अनिरुद्ध) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kūṭaśthaṃ (कूटश्थं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | kūṭaśtha (कूटश्थ) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) | future, third person singular | will be |
| vicitrābhir (विचित्राभिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| avasthābhiḥ (अवस्थाभिः) | instrumental plural | avastha (अवस्थ) |
| svabhāve (स्वभावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | an own-nature |
| rahitaṃ (रहितं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | rahita (रहित) |
| jagat (जगत्) | the stem, as the line writes it | the world |
The phrases
ajātam (अजातम्) is ajāta (अजात). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. aniruddhaṃ (अनिरुद्धं) is aniruddha (अनिरुद्ध). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. kūṭaśthaṃ (कूटश्थं) is kūṭaśtha (कूटश्थ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. bhaviṣyati (भविष्यति) is will be. It stands as future, third person singular.
vicitrābhir (विचित्राभिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. avasthābhiḥ (अवस्थाभिः) is avastha (अवस्थ). It stands as instrumental plural. svabhāve (स्वभावे) is an own-nature. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. rahitaṃ (रहितं) is rahita (रहित). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. jagat (जगत्) is the world. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
vicitrābhir (विचित्राभिर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ajātam (अजातम्) and aniruddhaṃ (अनिरुद्धं).