AVIDYA KSHETRAM UTTARESHAM PRASUPTA TANU VICHCHHINN ODARANAM ||4||
अविद्या क्षेत्रमुत्तरेषाम् प्रसुप्ततनुविच्छिन्नोदाराणाम् ॥४॥
avidyā kṣetram-uttareṣām prasupta-tanu-vicchinn-odārāṇām ||4||
A lack of insight (avidya) is the source of most kleshas (obstacles) and can be latent, incipient, full fledged or overwhelming. ||4||
avidyā = (nom. sg. f.) ignorance; confusion; lack of insight
kṣetram = (acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from kṣetra) field; pasture; source
uttareṣām = (g. pl. m./g. pl. n. from uttara) the succeeding or next ones
prasupta = (iic.) dormant; latent
tanu = (acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n.) weak; young; incipient
vicchinnā = (nom. sg. f) full fledged; full grown; robust
udāra = (g. pl. m./g. pl. n./g. pl. f.) powerful; overwhelming; massive
āṇām = from all these