Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.6
3.6
मोहावरणात् सिद्धिः mohāvaraṇāt siddhiḥ
The line
From the covering of delusion comes an attainment.
नेपालीमा
मोहको आवरणबाट सिद्धि आउँछ।
Where it sits
Kṣemarāja (क्षेमराज) reads this attainment as a power still inside the covering. The sūtra (सूत्र) says the attainment comes from that covering. 3.7 is the victory over delusion.
Split: mohāvaraṇāt (मोहावरणात्) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mohāvaraṇāt (मोहावरणात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from the covering that is delusion. moha (मोह) is delusion. āvaraṇa (आवरण) is a covering. |
| siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | attainment, a power that has been reached. |
The phrases
From the covering of delusion, an attainment. Ablative, then nominative.
Sanskrit in this line
moha (मोह) and āvaraṇa (आवरण) join as mohāvaraṇa (मोहावरण), short a (अ) plus long ā (आ) becoming long ā (आ). Ablative āt (आत्) stays before s (स्).
Say it back
Say where the attainment comes from, in the ablative.