25.9
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 25. Nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) / 25.9
य आजवंजवीभाव उपादाय प्रतीत्य वा सोऽप्रतीत्यानुपादाय निर्वाणमुपदिश्यते
ya ājavaṃjavībhāva upādāya pratītya vā so 'pratītyānupādāya nirvāṇam upadiśyate
The line
That state of coming and going which depends or which appropriates: that, without depending and without appropriating, is taught to be nirvāṇa (निर्वाण).
नेपालीमा
आउनु र जानुको त्यो अवस्था जुन अड्छ वा उपादान गर्छ, त्यही नअडी र उपादान नगरिकन निर्वाण भनी सिकाइन्छ।
Where it sits
25.8 closed abhāva (अभाव). 25.9 gives the positive picture that is not a thing and not an absence: the to-and-fro, released from pratītya (प्रतीत्य) and upādāya (उपादाय) as clingings. 25.10 cites the teacher: he spoke the abandoning of both coming-to-be and passing-away.
Split: yaḥ (यः) + ājavaṃjavī-bhāvaḥ (आजवंजवी-भावः) + upādāya (उपादाय) + pratītya (प्रतीत्य) + vā (वा) + saḥ (सः) + apratītya (अप्रतीत्य) + anupādāya (अनुपादाय) + nirvāṇam (निर्वाणम्) + upadiśyate (उपदिश्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | that which. Written ya (य) before the vowel. |
| ājavaṃjavī-bhāvaḥ (आजवंजवी-भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | the state of coming and going, the running to and fro of existence. ājava (आजव) is coming, javī (जवी) in the compound is the going. |
| upādāya (उपादाय) | absolutive | by appropriation. |
| pratītya (प्रतीत्य) | absolutive | by depending. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | that. Written so (सो) before the vowel. |
| apratītya (अप्रतीत्य) | absolutive | not depending. |
| anupādāya (अनुपादाय) | absolutive | not appropriating. |
| nirvāṇam (निर्वाणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | as nirvāṇa (निर्वाण), is nirvāṇa (निर्वाण). |
| upadiśyate (उपदिश्यते) | present passive, third person singular | is taught. |
The phrases
What runs to and fro, upādāya (उपादाय) or pratītya (प्रतीत्य), is what, when taught apratītya (अप्रतीत्य) and anupādāya (अनुपादाय), gets the name nirvāṇa (निर्वाण). The same stream of existence, not a second place one travels to.
This keeps nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) from being a somewhere. It is this coming-and-going, taught without the two clingings.
Sanskrit in this line
Two absolutives in the first line, upādāya (उपादाय) and pratītya (प्रतीत्य), and two negated ones in the second, apratītya (अप्रतीत्य) and anupādāya (अनुपादाय). The saḥ (सः) is the same yaḥ (यः).
Say it back
Is nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) a different place from the coming and going?