Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.18
3.18
विद्याविनाशे जन्मविनाशः vidyāvināśe janmavināśaḥ
The line
While knowledge is undestroyed, birth is destroyed.
नेपालीमा
विद्या नष्ट नभएसम्म जन्म नष्ट हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The knowledge is the innate knowledge of 3.7 and the pure knowledge of 1.21, still available as vidyā (विद्या). The line says what happens to birth while that knowledge is not destroyed.
Split: vidyāvināśe (विद्याविनाशे) + janmavināśaḥ (जन्मविनाशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidyāvināśe (विद्याविनाशे) | locative singular, masculine | while knowledge is undestroyed. vināśa (विनाश) is destruction. avināśa (अविनाश) is that word with the prefix a (अ). The locative is the while. |
| janmavināśaḥ (जन्मविनाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | destruction of birth. janman (जन्मन्) is birth. |
The phrases
While knowledge stands undestroyed, there is destruction of birth.
Sanskrit in this line
vidyā (विद्या) plus avināśa (अविनाश) joins as vidyāvināśa (विद्याविनाश). Long ā (आ) plus short a (अ) becomes long ā (आ), so the prefix a (अ) is hidden in the long vowel. The split shows it.
Say it back
Find the prefix a (अ) inside vidyāvināśe (विद्याविनाशे).