Narapatijayacarya 2.2
Narapatijayacaryā 2.2
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2.2.1
athātaḥsammaprakṣyāmi khyātāye brahmayāmale ||
mātrādibhedabhinnānāṃ svarāṇāṃ ṣoḍaśodayān ||
Now, therefore, I shall fully explain the sixteen risings of the sounds / differentiated by morae and so forth, as celebrated in the Brahmayāmala.
2.2.2
mātṛkāyāṃ purā proktāḥ svarāḥṣoḍaśasaṃkhyān ||
a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṝ lṛ lṝ e ai o au aṃ aḥ |
teṣāṃ dvāvantimau (aṃ aḥ)tyājyau----
-catvāraśca (ṛ ṝ lṛ lṝ )napuṃsakau ||
In the phonetic matrix sixteen sounds were formerly proclaimed: / a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, ṛ, ṝ, lṛ, lṝ, e, ai, o, au, aṃ, aḥ. / Of these, the final two (aṃ, aḥ) are to be abandoned, / and the four neuter ones (ṛ, ṝ, lṛ, lṝ).
2.2.3
śeṣā daśa svarāsteṣu syādekaiko dvike dvike |
jñeyāstatra svarā ādyā--
-hrasvāḥ ( a i u e o )pañca svarodaye ||
Ten sounds remain; among them, there is one for each pair. / There the primary short [sounds]— / the five (a, i, u, e, o)—are to be known in svarodaya.
2.2.4
lābhālābhaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā |
jayaḥ parājayaśceti sarvaṃ jñeyaṃ svarodaye ||
Gain and loss, happiness and sorrow, likewise life and death, / victory and defeat: all this is to be known in svarodaya.
2.2.5
svarādimātrikoccāro mātṛvyāptaṃ jagattrayam |
tasmātsvarodabhavaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram ||
The three worlds are pervaded by the phonetic matrix, which is uttered beginning with sounds; / therefore, all three worlds, moving and unmoving, arise from sound.
2.2.6
akārādyāḥ svarāḥ pañca brahmādyāḥ pañcadevatāḥ |
nivṛttyādyāḥ kalāḥ pañca icchādyāḥ śaktipañcakam ||
The five sounds beginning with 'a' are the five deities beginning with Brahmā; / the five digits are those beginning with Nivṛtti, and the fivefold power consists of those beginning with Icchā.
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (5)
- Jayalakṣmī — Mahādeva Harivaṃśa Pāṭhaka, Sanskrit
- Jayalakṣmī — Harivaṃśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Jayalakṣmī — Harivañśa Pāṭhaka, Sanskrit
- Jayalakṣmī — Mahādeva, Sanskrit
- Narapatijayacaryāṭīkā — Jayalakṣmī, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Jyotirnibandha — Śivarāja, Sanskrit
- Saṅgrahaśiromaṇi — Sarayūprasāda, Sanskrit