Śiva Sūtra / Śāktopāya (शाक्त) / 2.2
2.2
प्रयत्नः साधकः prayatnaḥ sādhakaḥ
The line
Effort is what accomplishes.
नेपालीमा
प्रयत्न नै काम सिद्ध गर्ने हो।
Where it sits
The mind has just been called mantra (मन्त्र). This line names effort as the accomplisher. 2.6 will name the guru as the means, upāya (उपाय).
Split: prayatnaḥ (प्रयत्नः) + sādhakaḥ (साधकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prayatnaḥ (प्रयत्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | effort. pra (प्र) is forth. yatna (यत्न) is exertion. |
| sādhakaḥ (साधकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the one that accomplishes, the means that brings a thing through. From sādh (साध्), to accomplish. |
The phrases
Two nominatives. Effort is what accomplishes.
Sanskrit in this line
Both words are masculine nominatives in aḥ (अः). Visarga before s (स्) stays.
Say it back
Say what accomplishes, in this line's word.