25.12
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 25. Nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) / 25.12
भवेदभावो भावश् च निर्वाणमुभयं यदि नानुपादाय निर्वाणमुपादाय उभयं हि तत्
bhaved abhāvo bhāvaś ca nirvāṇam ubhayaṃ yadi nānupādāya nirvāṇam upādāya ubhayaṃ hi tat
The line
If nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) were both nonexistent and existent, nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) would not be free of appropriation, for that 'both' is by appropriation.
नेपालीमा
यदि निर्वाण नभएको र भएको दुवै हुन्थ्यो भने निर्वाण उपादानरहित हुँदैनथ्यो, किनकि त्यो दुवै उपादानले हुन्छ।
Where it sits
25.11 said both does not fit. 25.12 gives the appropriation reason. 25.13 gives the conditioned reason: nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) is unconditioned, and both bhāva (भाव) and abhāva (अभाव) are conditioned.
Split: bhavet (भवेत्) + abhāvaḥ (अभावः) + bhāvaḥ (भावः) + ca (च) + nirvāṇam (निर्वाणम्) + ubhayam (उभयम्) + yadi (यदि) + na (न) + anupādāya (अनुपादाय) + nirvāṇam (निर्वाणम्) + upādāya (उपादाय) + ubhayam (उभयम्) + hi (हि) + tat (तत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. |
| abhāvaḥ (अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a nonexistent. |
| bhāvaḥ (भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | an existent. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| nirvāṇam (निर्वाणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | nirvāṇa (निर्वाण). |
| ubhayam (उभयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | both. |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not. |
| anupādāya (अनुपादाय) | absolutive | without appropriation. With na (न): it would not be free of appropriation. |
| nirvāṇam (निर्वाणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | nirvāṇa (निर्वाण). |
| upādāya (उपादाय) | absolutive | by appropriation. The file joins upādāyobhayaṃ (उपादायोभयं). |
| ubhayam (उभयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the both. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
The phrases
Both, as a package, is still upādāya (उपादाय). Each half failed that test alone, in 25.6 and 25.8. Tied together they still lean. nirvāṇa (निर्वाण) taught anupādāya (अनुपादाय) cannot be that package.
The file's upādāyobhayaṃ (उपादायोभयं) is upādāya ubhayam (उपादाय उभयम्).
Sanskrit in this line
hi (हि) marks the reason. tat ubhayam (ततुभयम्) is the subject of the reason-clause.
Say it back
Why can 'both' not be anupādāya (अनुपादाय)?