Śiva Sūtra / Śāmbhavopāya (शाम्भव) / 1.9
1.9
स्वप्नो विकल्पाः svapno vikalpāḥ
The line
Dream is the constructions.
नेपालीमा
सपना नै रचनाहरू हुन्।
Where it sits
The second state. 2.4 and 2.10 use svapna (स्वप्न) again, for a dream of knowledge.
Split: svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः) + vikalpāḥ (विकल्पाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | dream. |
| vikalpāḥ (विकल्पाः) | nominative plural, masculine | constructions, thoughts that take one option and leave another. vi (वि) is apart. kalpa (कल्प) is a making, an arrangement. |
The phrases
A singular and a plural, both nominative. Dream is the constructions. The line lets the one state and the many thoughts stand as the same.
Sanskrit in this line
svapnaḥ (स्वप्नः) before v (व्) becomes svapno (स्वप्नो). Visarga before a voiced consonant turns to o (ओ) after short a (अ).
Say it back
Undo svapno (स्वप्नो). Give the number of each word.