27.26
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā / 27. Dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि) / 27.26
कथं तावदुपादातुरेकदेशो विनङ्क्ष्यते न नङ्क्ष्यते चैकदेश एवं चैतन् न युज्यते
kathaṃ tāvad upādātur ekadeśo vinaṅkṣyate na naṅkṣyate caikadeśa evaṃ caitan na yujyate
The line
How, so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound, upādātur (उपादातुर्), one part, in vinaṅkṣyata (विनङ्क्ष्यत), not in naṅkṣyata (नङ्क्ष्यत), a compound: and, and one part thus, caitan (चैतन्), not fits.
Where it sits
In Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (मूलमध्यमककारिका), chapter 27. Dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि). Views. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kathaṃ (कथं) + tāvad (तावद्) + upādātur (उपादातुर्) + ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) + vinaṅkṣyate (विनङ्क्ष्यते) + na (न) + naṅkṣyate (नङ्क्ष्यते) + ca-ekadeśa (च-एकदेश) + evaṃ (एवं) + caitan (चैतन्) + na (न) + yujyate (युज्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how |
| tāvad (तावद्) | indeclinable | so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound |
| upādātur (उपादातुर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | one part |
| vinaṅkṣyate (विनङ्क्ष्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vinaṅkṣyata (विनङ्क्ष्यत) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| naṅkṣyate (नङ्क्ष्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | naṅkṣyata (नङ्क्ष्यत) |
| ca-ekadeśa (च-एकदेश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: and, and one part. Read it from the end |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| caitan (चैतन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| yujyate (युज्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
The phrases
kathaṃ (कथं) is how. It stands as indeclinable. tāvad (तावद्) is so far. tāvat (तावत्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. upādātur (उपादातुर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) is one part. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it ekadeśo (एकदेशो). vinaṅkṣyate (विनङ्क्ष्यते) is vinaṅkṣyata (विनङ्क्ष्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
naṅkṣyate (नङ्क्ष्यते) is naṅkṣyata (नङ्क्ष्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca-ekadeśa (च-एकदेश) is a compound: and, and one part. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. caitan (चैतन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. yujyate (युज्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vinaṅkṣyate (विनङ्क्ष्यते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ekadeśo (एकदेशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tāvad (तावद्) and upādātur (उपादातुर्).