Śiva Sūtra / Śāktopāya (शाक्त) / 2.7
2.7
मातृकाचक्रसम्बोधः mātṛkācakrasambodhaḥ
The line
Awakening to the wheel of the mother of letters.
नेपालीमा
अक्षरकी आमाको चक्रको बोध हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The letters are not listed. 3.19 will place Māheśvarī (माहेश्वरी) and the other mothers in the ka (क)-group and the rest.
Split: mātṛkācakrasambodhaḥ (मातृकाचक्रसम्बोधः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mātṛkācakrasambodhaḥ (मातृकाचक्रसम्बोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | awakening to the wheel of the mother of letters. mātṛkā (मातृका) is that mother, from 1.4. cakra (चक्र) is a wheel. sambodha (सम्बोध) is awakening, knowing that has arrived. |
The phrases
One nominative. The line is a name. Awakening to the wheel of mātṛkā (मातृका). From the guru of 2.6, this is what there is to wake to.
Sanskrit in this line
One compound, one masculine nominative. Read from the end: a sambodha (सम्बोध) of the cakra (चक्र) of mātṛkā (मातृका).
Say it back
Read the compound from the end, aloud.