Śiva Sūtra / Śāktopāya (शाक्त) / 2.1
2.1
चित्तं मन्त्रः cittaṃ mantraḥ
The line
The mind is mantra (मन्त्र).
नेपालीमा
मन नै मन्त्र हो।
Where it sits
Opens the second awakening, Śāktopāya (शाक्तोपाय) in Kṣemarāja (क्षेमराज)'s name. The sūtra (सूत्र) does not print that name.
Split: cittam (चित्तम्) + mantraḥ (मन्त्रः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cittam (चित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | mantra. A means of minding, from man (मन्), to think, and tra (त्र), a tool or a saving. |
The phrases
Two nominatives. The mind is mantra (मन्त्र). 1.22 ended on the vigor of mantra (मन्त्र). This awakening begins by identifying mantra (मन्त्र) with the mind.
Sanskrit in this line
Anusvāra (अनुस्वार) of cittam (चित्तम्) before m (म्). The visarga of mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) stays at the end of the line.
Say it back
Say the equation, and say which line just spoke of mantra (मन्त्र)'s vigor.