Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.16
3.16
आसनस्थः सुखं ह्रदे निमज्जति āsanasthaḥ sukhaṃ hrade nimajjati
The line
Seated, he sinks with ease into the lake.
नेपालीमा
बसेको ऊ सुखसँग तालमा डुब्छ।
Where it sits
The first finite verb of the third awakening in a long stretch of nominatives. The one who sinks is the subject carried forward. 3.17 keeps that same he.
Split: āsanasthaḥ (आसनस्थः) + sukham (सुखम्) + hrade (ह्रदे) + nimajjati (निमज्जति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āsanasthaḥ (आसनस्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | standing in a seat. āsana (आसन) is a seat. stha (स्थ) is standing. |
| sukham (सुखम्) | adverb, from the neuter | easily, with ease. The neuter accusative used as an adverb. |
| hrade (ह्रदे) | locative singular, masculine | in the lake. The lake of 1.22 was mahāhrada (महाह्रद), the great lake. |
| nimajjati (निमज्जति) | present, third person singular | he sinks down. ni (नि) is down. majj (मज्ज्) is to sink. |
The phrases
Standing in the seat, he sinks with ease into the lake. The verb supplies the person the earlier nominal lines left unnamed.
Sanskrit in this line
āsanasthaḥ (आसनस्थः) keeps visarga before s (स्). sukham (सुखम्) shows anusvāra (अनुस्वार) before h (ह्).
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