Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.4

3.4

Śiva (शिव) Sūtra (सूत्र)

शरीरे संहारः कलानाम् śarīre saṃhāraḥ kalānām

The line

In the body there is dissolution of kalā (कला).

नेपालीमा

शरीरमा कलाहरूको विलय हुन्छ।

Where it sits

kalā (कला) was the body of limited power at 1.3, and the first of the tattvas (तत्त्व) at 3.3. This line puts their dissolution in the body.

Split: śarīre (शरीरे) + saṃhāraḥ (संहारः) + kalānām (कलानाम्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
śarīre (शरीरे)locative singular, neuterin the body.
saṃhāraḥ (संहारः)nominative singular, masculinedissolution, a gathering back.
kalānām (कलानाम्)genitive plural, feminineof the kalā (कला). The ending ānām (आनाम्) is the plural.

The phrases

In the body, dissolution of kalā (कला). Locative, nominative, genitive. The genitive kalānām (कलानाम्) is plural.

Sanskrit in this line

Three separate words, three cases. saṃhāraḥ (संहारः) keeps its visarga before k (क्).

Say it back

Name the three cases in order.