Śiva Sūtra / Śāktopāya (शाक्त) / 2.4
2.4
गर्भे चित्तविकासोऽविशिष्टविद्यास्वप्नः garbhe cittavikāso 'viśiṣṭavidyāsvapnaḥ
The line
In the womb, the opening of the mind is a dream of undistinguished knowledge.
नेपालीमा
गर्भमा मनको फक्राइ अविशिष्ट विद्याको सपना हो।
Where it sits
svapna (स्वप्न) was the dream state at 1.9. Here the dream is of a knowledge that has not been told apart. 2.5 is the rising of knowledge that follows.
Split: garbhe (गर्भे) + cittavikāsaḥ (चित्तविकासः) + aviśiṣṭavidyāsvapnaḥ (अविशिष्टविद्यास्वप्नः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| garbhe (गर्भे) | locative singular, masculine | in the womb. |
| cittavikāsaḥ (चित्तविकासः) | nominative singular, masculine | the opening-out of the mind. vikāsa (विकास) is a blooming, an expansion. |
| aviśiṣṭavidyāsvapnaḥ (अविशिष्टविद्यास्वप्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | a dream of knowledge that is undistinguished. aviśiṣṭa (अविशिष्ट) is what has not been set apart as special. vidyā (विद्या) is knowledge. svapna (स्वप्न) is dream. |
The phrases
In the womb, the mind's opening is a dream of undistinguished knowledge. Two nominatives after the locative.
Sanskrit in this line
cittavikāsaḥ (चित्तविकासः) meets the a (अ) of aviśiṣṭa (अविशिष्ट). Visarga plus a (अ) becomes o (ओ), and the dropped a (अ) is marked by the avagraha. The recited line shows vikāso 'viśiṣṭa (विकासोऽविशिष्ट).
Say it back
Point to the avagraha and say which a (अ) it stands for.