Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.21
3.21
मग्नः स्वचित्तेन प्रविशेत् magnaḥ svacittena praviśet
The line
Immersed, one should enter with one's own mind.
नेपालीमा
डुबेकाले आफ्नै मनले प्रवेश गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The optative continues the gerundive of the previous line. Both are the sūtra (सूत्र)'s mood for what is to be done. The mind one enters with is the mind 3.1 called the self.
Split: magnaḥ (मग्नः) + svacittena (स्वचित्तेन) + praviśet (प्रविशेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| magnaḥ (मग्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | immersed, sunk. Past participle of majj (मज्ज्). |
| svacittena (स्वचित्तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | with one's own mind. sva (स्व) is one's own. citta (चित्त) is mind. |
| praviśet (प्रविशेत्) | optative, third person singular | he should enter. pra (प्र) plus viś (विश्), to enter. The optative is the sūtra (सूत्र)'s way of saying this is to be done. |
The phrases
Immersed, he should enter with his own mind. The entering is into the fourth of 3.20. That place is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Sanskrit in this line
Instrumental ena (एन) on the a (अ)-stem citta (चित्त). magnaḥ (मग्नः) keeps visarga before s (स्). The optative ending is et (एत्).
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