Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.17
3.17
स्वमात्रा निर्माणमापादयति svamātrā nirmāṇam āpādayati
The line
By his own measure he brings a making about.
नेपालीमा
आफ्नै मात्राले ऊ निर्माण गराउँछ।
Where it sits
The universe as his own expansion is said outright at 3.30. This line is the verb of making, and the measure is his own.
Split: svamātrā (स्वमात्रा) + nirmāṇam (निर्माणम्) + āpādayati (आपादयति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svamātrā (स्वमात्रा) | the form in the line | his own measure. sva (स्व) is one's own. mātrā (मात्रा) is a measure. Kṣemarāja (क्षेमराज) reads the form as by his own measure. The classical instrumental of an ā (आ)-stem is mātrayā (मात्रया). The sūtra (सूत्र) prints svamātrā (स्वमात्रा). |
| nirmāṇam (निर्माणम्) | accusative singular, neuter | a making, a creation. nis (नि) is forth. māṇa (माण) is measuring, forming. |
| āpādayati (आपादयति) | present, causative, third person singular | he brings about. Causative of āp (आप्), to reach. |
The phrases
By his own measure, he brings a making about. The he is the one who sank in 3.16. That is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) of the subject.
Sanskrit in this line
Three words, with the spaces the pāṭha (पाठ) can keep. Joined, svamātrānirmāṇamāpādayati (स्वमात्रानिर्माणमापादयति) is the same letters. The cut here keeps nirmāṇam (निर्माणम्) as the object of āpādayati (आपादयति).
Say it back
Name the verb, its object, and the subject carried from 3.16.