Vijñāna Bhairava / The question (प्रश्न) / 2
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
अद्यापि न निवृत्तो मे संशयः परमेश्वर ।
किं रूपं तत्त्वतो देव शब्दराशिकलामयम् adyāpi na nivṛtto me saṃśayaḥ parameśvara |
kiṃ rūpaṃ tattvato deva śabdarāśikalāmayam
The line
Even now my doubt has not ceased, O supreme lord. What, in reality, is the form made of the mass of sounds and of kalā (कला)?
नेपालीमा
हे परमेश्वर, अहिलेसम्म मेरो शङ्का हटेको छैन। हे देव, वास्तवमा शब्दको राशि र कलाबाट बनेको रूप के हो?
Where it sits
Her question begins here and runs through 6. saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) is the noun the next lines fill in.
Split: adyāpi (अद्यापि) + na (न) + nivṛttaḥ (निवृत्तः) + me (मे) + saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) + parameśvara (परमेश्वर) + kim (किम्) + rūpam (रूपम्) + tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) + deva (देव) + śabdarāśikalāmayam (शब्दराशिकलामयम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adyāpi (अद्यापि) | indeclinable | even today, even now. adya (अद्य) is today. api (अपि) is even. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | the doubt has not ceased. |
| nivṛttaḥ (निवृत्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | ceased, turned back. Agrees with saṃśayaḥ (संशयः). Before m (म्) it is recited nivṛtto (निवृत्तो). |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. Enclitic of aham (अहम्). |
| saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | doubt. |
| parameśvara (परमेश्वर) | vocative singular, masculine | O supreme lord. parama (परम) is supreme. īśvara (ईश्वर) is the lord. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? The question word. |
| rūpam (रूपम्) | nominative singular, neuter | form. |
| tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) | adverb in tas (त) | in reality. tattva (तत्त्व) is a reality. tas (त) means from, in respect of. |
| deva (देव) | vocative singular, masculine | O god. |
| śabdarāśikalāmayam (शब्दराशिकलामयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | made of the mass of sounds and of kalā (कला). śabda (शब्द) is sound. rāśi (राशि) is a heap. maya (मय) means made of. |
The phrases
na nivṛttaḥ me saṃśayaḥ (न निवृत्तः मे संशयः) is the state of the question. kim rūpam (किम् रूपम्) asks which form. The compound at the end is the first candidate she names.
Sanskrit in this line
nivṛttaḥ (निवृत्तः) plus a voiced m (म्) recites as nivṛtto me (निवृत्तो मे). The visarga becomes o (ओ).
Say it back
Name the doubt, and the first form she asks about.