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Shloka 11

Adhyaya 42Dattatreya on the Yogic Import of Oṃ (Praṇava): Matras, Worlds, and Liberation

सव्यञ्जनो मकारश्च स्वर्लोकः परिकल्प्यते ।

व्यक्ता तु प्रथमा मात्रा द्वितीयाव्यक्तसंज्ञिता ॥

savyañjano makāraśca svarlokaḥ parikalpyate /

vyaktā tu prathamā mātrā dvitīyāvyaktasaṃjñitā

La letra M, junto con su elemento consonántico, se concibe como el mundo Svarga. La primera mātrā es “manifiesta”, mientras que la segunda se dice “no manifiesta”.

with/that
:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun/adjective, Masculine, Nominative Singular; qualifies 'व्यञ्जनः'
व्यञ्जनःconsonant; consonantal element
व्यञ्जनः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyañjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
मकारःthe letter 'm' (makāra)
मकारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
स्वःSvaḥ (heaven)
स्वः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsvar (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (often indeclinable-like in mantra usage), Nominative Singular; used as name of loka
लोकःworld/realm
लोकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; in apposition to 'स्वः'
परिकल्प्यतेis conceived/assigned
परिकल्प्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√klṛp (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Passive (कर्मणि), 3rd person Singular
व्यक्ताmanifest
व्यक्ता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyakta (कृदन्त; √vyaj/√vac?; lexical adj. 'manifest')
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular; agrees with 'मात्रा'
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
प्रथमाfirst
प्रथमा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathamā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying 'मात्रा'
मात्राmora; measure (of sound)
मात्रा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular
द्वितीयाsecond
द्वितीया:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying 'मात्रा' (understood)
अव्यक्तunmanifest
अव्यक्त:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootavyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter stem used as first member in compound; 'unmanifest'
संज्ञिताnamed; designated
संज्ञिता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃjñita (कृदन्त; √jñā ज्ञा)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative Singular; predicate adjective: 'named/called'
Unspecified in provided extract (didactic narration within Markandeya Purana’s philosophical instruction)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

PraṇavaCosmology (svarga)Sāṃkhya-like vyakta/avyakta categoriesPhonetics

FAQs

The verse links spiritual practice with metaphysical discernment: one learns to see gradations from manifest experience to subtler, unmanifest ground—supporting detachment and clarity.

Philosophical categorization within Purāṇic instruction; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

M’s closure and resonance symbolize completion and withdrawal; pairing it with ‘vyakta/avyakta’ frames mantra as a map from articulated experience toward the unmanifest source.