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1.167
अविभागा तु पश्यन्ती सर्वतः संहृतक्रमा ।
स्वरूपज्योतिरेवान्तः सूक्ष्मा वागनपायिनी avibhāgā tu paśyantī sarvataḥ saṃhṛtakramā |
svarūpajyotir evāntaḥ sūkṣmā vāganapāyinī
The line
Paśyantī (पश्यन्ती) is undivided, her sequence drawn in from every side. She is the light of her own form, within: subtle speech that does not fall away.
नेपालीमा
पश्यन्ती अविभाजित छ, र उसको क्रम चारैतिरबाट भित्र तानिएको छ। ऊ भित्र आफ्नै रूपको प्रकाश हो, झरेर नजाने सूक्ष्म वाणी।
Where it sits
The three of 1.159 are now said. Vaikharī (वैखरी) is in the air. Madhyamā (मध्यमा) is sequence in the intellect, past breath. Paśyantī (पश्यन्ती) holds the sequence drawn in. A later account adds parā (परा) above her. The four levels is that later list. This verse does not use that name.
Split: avibhāgā (अविभागा) + tu (तु) + paśyantī (पश्यन्ती) + sarvataḥ (सर्वतः) + saṃhṛta-kramā (संहृत-क्रमा) + svarūpa-jyotiḥ (स्वरूप-ज्योतिः) + eva (एव) + antaḥ (अन्तः) + sūkṣmā (सूक्ष्मा) + vāk (वाक्) + anapāyinī (अनपायिनी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avibhāgā (अविभागा) | nominative singular, feminine | Undivided. Agrees with paśyantī (पश्यन्ती). |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | And, marking the turn to the third speech. |
| paśyantī (पश्यन्ती) | nominative singular, feminine | The seeing speech. The name is a present participle, feminine, of the root dṛś (दृश्): she who sees. |
| sarvataḥ (सर्वतः) | indeclinable | From every side. |
| saṃhṛta-kramā (संहृत-क्रमा) | nominative singular, feminine | Whose sequence is drawn back in. saṃhṛta (संहृत), drawn in. krama (क्रम), sequence. Agrees with paśyantī (पश्यन्ती). |
| svarūpa-jyotiḥ (स्वरूप-ज्योतिः) | nominative singular, neuter | The light of her own form. sva-rūpa (स्व-रूप), one's own form. jyotiṣ (ज्योतिष्), light. Set beside the feminine nouns. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | Itself, just that. |
| antaḥ (अन्तः) | indeclinable | Within. |
| sūkṣmā (सूक्ष्मा) | nominative singular, feminine | Subtle. Agrees with vāk (वाक्). |
| vāk (वाक्) | nominative singular, feminine | Speech. Before the next vowel the k (क्) is heard as g (ग्): vāganapāyinī (वागनपायिनी). |
| anapāyinī (अनपायिनी) | nominative singular, feminine | Not falling away. She does not depart. Agrees with vāk (वाक्). |
The phrases
Tu (तु) turns from madhyamā (मध्यमा), who still followed a sequence, to paśyantī (पश्यन्ती), whose sequence is drawn in.
Undivided, subtle, within, the light of her own form, and she does not fall away. Those are one speech.
Sanskrit in this line
Jyotiḥ (ज्योतिः) plus eva (एव) is heard jyotir eva (ज्योतिरेव). A visarga before a vowel becomes r (र्).
Eva (एव) plus antaḥ (अन्तः) joins as evāntaḥ (एवान्तः). Short a (अ) plus short a (अ) is ā (आ).
Vāk (वाक्) plus anapāyinī (अनपायिनी). A final k (क्) before a vowel is heard as g (ग्).
Say it back
Say the three speeches in order, one clause each: air and phoneme; sequence in the intellect; sequence drawn in, light within.