Śiva Sūtra / Śāktopāya (शाक्त) / 2.5
2.5
विद्यासमुत्थाने स्वाभाविके खेचरी शिवावस्था vidyāsamutthāne svābhāvike khecarī śivāvasthā
The line
When knowledge rises of itself, she who moves in the sky is the state of Śiva (शिव).
नेपालीमा
विद्या आफ्नै भावले उठेपछि आकाशमा हिँड्ने शिवको अवस्था हो।
Where it sits
The pair to 2.4. There the mind's opening in the womb was a dream of undistinguished knowledge. Here knowledge rising of itself is the state of Śiva (शिव), and the name of that moving is khecarī (खेचरी).
Split: vidyāsamutthāne (विद्यासमुत्थाने) + svābhāvike (स्वाभाविके) + khecarī (खेचरी) + śivāvasthā (शिवावस्था)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidyāsamutthāne (विद्यासमुत्थाने) | locative singular, neuter | when knowledge has risen up. samutthāna (समुत्थान) is a rising together, an emergence. |
| svābhāvike (स्वाभाविके) | locative singular, neuter | in what belongs to one's own being. svabhāva (स्वभाव) is one's own being. The suffix ika (इक) makes the adjective. |
| khecarī (खेचरी) | nominative singular, feminine | she who moves in the sky. kha (ख) is sky, space. cara (चर) is moving. |
| śivāvasthā (शिवावस्था) | nominative singular, feminine | the state of Śiva (शिव). avasthā (अवस्था) is a state one stands in. |
The phrases
Two locatives give the occasion: when knowledge rises of its own being. Two feminine nominatives give what is there: she who moves in the sky, the state of Śiva (शिव).
Sanskrit in this line
The two locatives agree: both end in e (ए). The two nominatives agree: both are feminine in ī (ई) and ā (आ).
Say it back
Say the occasion, then the two names that share it.