Naagaarjuna seems to repeat verious forms derived from the root 'gam'
(to go)almost obsessively (muula-madhyamaka-kaarikaa):

gataṃ na gamyate tāvad agataṃ naiva gamyate |
gatāgatavinirmuktaṃ gamyamānaṃ na gamyate ||
MMK_2,01

ceṣṭā yatra gatis tatra gamyamāne ca sā yataḥ |
na gate nāgate ceṣṭā gamyamāne gatis tataḥ ||
MMK_2,02

gamyamānasya gamanaṃ kathaṃ nāmopapatsyate |
gamyamānaṃ vigamanaṃ yadā naivopapadyate ||
MMK_2,03

gamyamānasya gamanaṃ yasya tasya prasajyate |
ṛte gater gamyamānaṃ gamyamānaṃ hi gamyate
|| MMK_2,04

gamyamānasya gamane prasaktaṃ gamanadvayam |
yena tad gamyamānaṃ ca yac cātra gamanaṃ
punaḥ || MMK_2,05

dvau gantārau prasajyete prasakte gamanadvaye |
gantāraṃ hi tiraskṛtya gamanaṃ nopapadyate ||
MMK_2,06

gantāraṃ cet tiraskṛtya gamanaṃ nopapadyate |
gamane 'sati gantātha kuta eva bhaviṣyati || MMK_2,07

gantā na gacchati tāvad agantā naiva gacchati |
anyo gantur agantuś ca kas tṛtīyo 'tha gacchati ||
MMK_2,08

gantā tāvad gacchatīti katham evopapatsyate |
gamanena vinā gantā yadā naivopapadyate || MMK_2,09

pakṣo gantā gacchatīti yasya tasya prasajyate |
gamanena vinā gantā gantur gamanam icchataḥ || MMK_2,10

gamane dve prasajyete gantā yadyuta gacchati |
ganteti cājyate yena gantā san yac ca gacchati || MMK_2,11

gate nārabhyate gantuṃ gantuṃ nārabhyate 'gate |
nārabhyate gamyamāne gantum ārabhyate kuha || MMK_2,12

na pūrvaṃ gamanārambhād gamyamānaṃ na
vā gatam |
yatrārabhyeta gamanam agate gamanaṃ kutaḥ || MMK_2,13

gataṃ kiṃ gamyamānaṃ kim agataṃ kiṃ
vikalpyate |
adṛśyamāna ārambhe gamanasyaiva sarvathā ||
MMK_2,14

gantā na tiṣṭhati tāvad agantā naiva
tiṣṭhati |
anyo gantur agantuś ca kas tṛtīyo 'tha tiṣṭhati ||
MMK_2,15

gantā tāvat tiṣṭhatīti katham evopapatsyate |
gamanena vinā gantā yadā naivopapadyate || MMK_2,16

na tiṣṭhati gamyamānān na gatān nāgatād
api |
gamanaṃ saṃpravṛttiś ca nivṛttiś ca
gateḥ samā || MMK_2,17

yad eva gamanaṃ gantā sa eveti na yujyate |
anya eva punar gantā gater iti na yujyate || MMK_2,18

yad eva gamanaṃ gantā sa eva hi bhaved yadi |
ekībhāvaḥ prasajyeta kartuḥ karmaṇa eva ca ||
MMK_2,19

anya eva punar gantā gater yadi vikalpyate |
gamanaṃ syād ṛte gantur gantā syād
gamanād ṛte || MMK_2,20

ekībhāvena vā siddhir nānābhāvena vā
yayoḥ |
na vidyate tayoḥ siddhiḥ kathaṃ nu khalu vidyate ||
MMK_2,21

gatyā yayājyate gantā gatiṃ tāṃ sa na
gacchati |
yasmān na gatipūrvo 'sti kaścid kiṃcid dhi gacchati
|| MMK_2,22

gatyā yayājyate gantā tato 'nyāṃ sa na gacchati |
gatī dve nopapadyete yasmād eke tu gantari || MMK_2,23

sadbhūto gamanaṃ gantā triprakāraṃ na gacchati
|
nāsadbhūto 'pi gamanaṃ triprakāraṃ sa gacchati
|| MMK_2,24

gamanaṃ sadasadbhūtaḥ triprakāraṃ na gacchati
|
tasmād gatiś ca gantā ca gantavyaṃ ca na vidyate ||
MMK_2,25

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