Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam / Consciousness and the mind (चित्त) / 2
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the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (प्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्)
स्वेच्छया स्वभित्तौ विश्वमुन्मीलयति svecchayā svabhittau viśvam unmīlayati
The line
By her own will, on her own screen, she opens the universe into view.
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै इच्छाले, आफ्नै भित्तामा, उनले विश्वलाई उघारेर देखाउँछिन्।
Where it sits
The world is not brought in from outside her. The screen is hers, and the will is hers. 3 says why that one opening looks like many things.
Split: svecchayā (स्वेच्छया) + svabhittau (स्वभित्तौ) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + unmīlayati (उन्मीलयति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svecchayā (स्वेच्छया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by her own will. icchā (इच्छा) is will. The case is the means. |
| svabhittau (स्वभित्तौ) | locative singular, feminine | on her own wall, her own screen. bhitti (भित्ति) is a wall, the surface a picture stands on. |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the universe. The object of the verb. |
| unmīlayati (उन्मीलयति) | present third person singular, causative | she causes it to open, she makes it appear. unmīl (उन्मील्) is to open the eyes. |
The phrases
svecchayā (स्वेच्छया) is how. svabhittau (स्वभित्तौ) is where. viśvam (विश्वम्) is what she opens. The subject is citiḥ (चितिः) from 1, carried forward.
Sanskrit in this line
sva (स्व) plus icchayā (इच्छया) joins as svecchayā (स्वेच्छया). sva (स्व) plus bhittau (भित्तौ) joins as svabhittau (स्वभित्तौ). The split keeps the two words that sva (स्व) qualifies.
Say it back
Name the means, the place, and the thing she opens.