Śiva Sūtra / Śāmbhavopāya (शाम्भव) / 1.6
1.6
शक्तिचक्रसन्धाने विश्वसंहारः śakticakrasandhāne viśvasaṃhāraḥ
The line
When one is joined to the wheel of powers, the universe is gathered back.
नेपालीमा
शक्तिहरूको चक्रमा जोडिएपछि विश्व भित्र समेटिन्छ।
Where it sits
The wheel returns as mastery at 1.21, and as letters at 2.7. This line names the joining and the gathering. It does not list the powers.
Split: śakticakrasandhāne (शक्तिचक्रसन्धाने) + viśvasaṃhāraḥ (विश्वसंहारः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śakticakrasandhāne (शक्तिचक्रसन्धाने) | locative singular, neuter | when there is a joining to the wheel of powers. śakti (शक्ति) is power. cakra (चक्र) is a wheel. sandhāna (सन्धान) is a joining. |
| viśvasaṃhāraḥ (विश्वसंहारः) | nominative singular, masculine | the gathering-back of the universe. viśva (विश्व) is the all. saṃhāra (संहार) is dissolution, a gathering in. |
The phrases
The locative gives the occasion. The nominative gives what is there on that occasion. When one is joined to the wheel of powers, the universe is gathered back.
Sanskrit in this line
One locative compound, then one nominative compound. The case of sandhāne (सन्धाने) is e (ए), locative singular of an a (अ)-stem.
Say it back
Say the occasion in the locative, then say what the nominative names.