--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One wonders since siddhi performance increases the force of our > > delusions (maya-shakti) if that was the idea: increase delusion, > > push sales. > > I believe a couple of alternate translations of this were > suggested that said something quite different, but I don't > recall your having commented on them. >
I guess the suutra in question was this mohaavaraNaat (moha + aavaraNaat) siddhiH Masculine and neuter gender words that have /a/ as the last sound of their stem, like deva-, yoga-, mantra- etc, indicate the ablative singular case by adding /-at/ to the stem. In the suutras and also elsewhere, the function of the ablative case is often to indicate something like causation or result. An example from Brahma-suutras, the endigs isolated: OM shAstra-yonittva-at OM tat tu samanvaya-at OM ...... OM gauNash chenn Atma-shabda-at OM tannishhThasya moxopadesha-at ....... OM svApyaya-at OM gatisAmAnya-at The meanings in SK:s translation seem to suggest that ablatives above usually are translatable to "because of": http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_00.html (To avoid confusion have removed the suutras with different kind of ablative endings.) I hope with that short "introduction" some of us can render their own tranlations for the suutra "mohaavaraNaat siddhiH". moha m. unconsciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, swoon; error, infatuation, darkness or delusion of mind (ph.), ignorance, folly. aavaraNa a. covering, concealing; n. the same as subst. + shutting, enclosing; obstruction, hindrance; cover, garment; bolt, lock; guard, protection. siddhi f. hitting or reaching the aim, attainment of an object, performance, accomplishment, conclusion, result; success, prosperity, welfare; perfection, supernatural power. On the basis of the above meanings, even translation like "protection from delusion [results to] perfection or success" would seem acceptable! It's up to the reader what kind of compound s/he likes to take "moha + aavaraNaat" above (tat-puruSa -compound, karma-dhaaraya -compound...) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hemMeA/rbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
