Śiva Sūtra / Śāmbhavopāya (शाम्भव) / 1.18
1.18
लोकानन्दः समाधिसुखम् lokānandaḥ samādhisukham
The line
The bliss of the world is the happiness of samādhi (समाधि).
नेपालीमा
लोकको आनन्द समाधिको सुख हो।
Where it sits
With 1.14 and 3.30, this is a line in which the world stays inside the awakening. samādhi (समाधि) here is named by its happiness, not given a procedure.
Split: lokānandaḥ (लोकानन्दः) + samādhisukham (समाधिसुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| lokānandaḥ (लोकानन्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | the bliss of the world. loka (लोक) is the world, the seen field of beings. ānanda (आनन्द) is bliss. |
| samādhisukham (समाधिसुखम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the happiness of samādhi (समाधि). samādhi (समाधि) is the settling. sukha (सुख) is ease, happiness. |
The phrases
Two nominatives. The bliss of the world is the happiness of samādhi (समाधि). The world is in the line, as loka (लोक), and its bliss is the joy the settling has.
Sanskrit in this line
loka (लोक) and ānanda (आनन्द) join as lokānanda (लोकानन्द), short a (अ) plus long ā (आ) becoming long ā (आ). The visarga at the end of ānandaḥ (आनन्दः) stays, before s (स्).
Say it back
Say whose bliss, and say what happiness it is.