26.2
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 26. Dvādaśāṅga (द्वादशाङ्ग) / 26.2
विज्ञानं संनिविशते संस्कारप्रत्ययं गतौ संनिविष्टेऽथ विज्ञाने नामरूपं निषिच्यते
vijñānaṃ saṃniviśate saṃskārapratyayaṃ gatau saṃniviṣṭe 'tha vijñāne nāmarūpaṃ niṣicyate
The line
Knowing, in saṃniviśata (संनिविशत), a compound: a compounded thing, and a condition, gone, in saṃniviṣṭa (संनिविष्ट), now, and then, in knowing, a compound: by name, indeed, and a form, in niṣicyata (निषिच्यत).
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 26. Dvādaśāṅga (द्वादशाङ्ग). The twelve links. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) + saṃniviśate (संनिविशते) + saṃskāra-pratyayaṃ (संस्कार-प्रत्ययं) + gatau (गतौ) + saṃniviṣṭe (संनिविष्टे) + atha (अथ) + vijñāne (विज्ञाने) + nāma-rūpaṃ (नाम-रूपं) + niṣicyate (निषिच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | knowing |
| saṃniviśate (संनिविशते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | saṃniviśata (संनिविशत) |
| saṃskāra-pratyayaṃ (संस्कार-प्रत्ययं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a compounded thing, and a condition. Read it from the end |
| gatau (गतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, neuter | gone |
| saṃniviṣṭe (संनिविष्टे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | saṃniviṣṭa (संनिविष्ट) |
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | now, and then |
| vijñāne (विज्ञाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | knowing |
| nāma-rūpaṃ (नाम-रूपं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: by name, indeed, and a form. Read it from the end |
| niṣicyate (निषिच्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | niṣicyata (निषिच्यत) |
The phrases
vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) is knowing. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. saṃniviśate (संनिविशते) is saṃniviśata (संनिविशत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. saṃskāra-pratyayaṃ (संस्कार-प्रत्ययं) is a compound: a compounded thing, and a condition. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. gatau (गतौ) is gone. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, neuter. saṃniviṣṭe (संनिविष्टे) is saṃniviṣṭa (संनिविष्ट). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
atha (अथ) is now, and then. It stands as indeclinable. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. vijñāne (विज्ञाने) is knowing. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. nāma-rūpaṃ (नाम-रूपं) is a compound: by name, indeed, and a form. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. niṣicyate (निषिच्यते) is niṣicyata (निषिच्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-pratyayaṃ (संस्कार-प्रत्ययं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vijñānaṃ (विज्ञानं) and saṃniviśate (संनिविशते).