Śiva Sūtra / Śāmbhavopāya (शाम्भव) / 1.10
1.10
अविवेको मायासौषुप्तम् aviveko māyāsauṣuptam
The line
Non-discrimination is the deep sleep of māyā (माया).
नेपालीमा
अविवेक मायाको गहिरो निद्रा हो।
Where it sits
Closes the three states begun at 1.8. 3.3 will say māyā (माया) again, as failure to tell the tattvas (तत्त्व) apart, beginning with kalā (कला). The Advaita pages use māyā (माया) in their own book. This line keeps the word for the sleep of non-discrimination.
Split: avivekaḥ (अविवेकः) + māyāsauṣuptam (मायासौषुप्तम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avivekaḥ (अविवेकः) | nominative singular, masculine | non-discrimination. viveka (विवेक) is telling one thing from another. The prefix a (अ) removes it. |
| māyāsauṣuptam (मायासौषुप्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the deep sleep that belongs to māyā (माया). sauṣupta (सौषुप्त) is the state of suṣupta (सुषुप्त), deep sleep. |
The phrases
Two nominatives. Failure to discriminate is the deep sleep of māyā (माया). In this line māyā (माया) is that sleep, the state in which the differences are not told apart.
Sanskrit in this line
avivekaḥ (अविवेकः) before m (म्) becomes aviveko (अविवेको). māyā (माया) and sauṣupta (सौषुप्त) are one compound, long ā (आ) plus s (स्).
Say it back
Say what the prefix a (अ) does to viveka (विवेक), and what the compound names.