Śiva Sūtra / Āṇavopāya (आणव) / 3.31
3.31
स्थितिलयौ sthitilayau
The line
Maintenance and dissolution.
नेपालीमा
स्थिति र विलय हुन्।
Where it sits
anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) from 3.30. A one-word line. Emission was the expansion. These two complete a triad the next line calls tat (तत्), that.
Split: sthitilayau (स्थितिलयौ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthiti (स्थिति) | stem inside the dual | maintenance, staying. |
| layau (लयौ) | nominative dual, masculine | and dissolution. The dual ending covers both. laya (लय) is dissolution, a lying down. |
The phrases
The two of them: maintenance and dissolution. asya viśvam (अस्य विश्वम्) and the power from 3.30 are still in force. The dual names the other two movements of that same universe.
Sanskrit in this line
A dual dvandva. The ending au (औ) is nominative dual and sits on laya (लय).
Say it back
Say the dual, then say which line supplies whose they are.