Vijñāna Bhairava / Bhairava answers (उत्तर) / 7
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
प्रसादं कुरु मे नाथ निःशेषं छिन्द्धि संशयम् ।
साधु साधु त्वया पृष्टं तन्त्रसारमिदम् प्रिये prasādaṃ kuru me nātha niḥśeṣaṃ chinddhi saṃśayam |
sādhu sādhu tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ tantrasāram idam priye
The line
Make grace for me, O lord. Cut the doubt without remainder. Well asked, well asked. You have asked the essence of the tantra (तन्त्र), beloved.
नेपालीमा
हे नाथ, ममाथि प्रसाद गर्नुहोस्। शङ्का बाँकी नराखी काटिदिनुहोस्। साधु, साधु। हे प्रिये, तिमीले तन्त्रको सार सोधेकी छौ।
Where it sits
bhairava uvāca (भैरव उवाच) stands between the two lines and has no number. This one number holds her last request and the start of his answer. Some books split them and count 163. This book keeps them as one śloka (श्लोक).
Split: prasādam (प्रसादम्) + kuru (कुरु) + me (मे) + nātha (नाथ) + niḥśeṣam (निःशेषम्) + chinddhi (छिन्द्धि) + saṃśayam (संशयम्) + sādhu (साधु) + sādhu (साधु) + tvayā (त्वया) + pṛṣṭam (पृष्टम्) + tantrasāram (तन्त्रसारम्) + idam (इदम्) + priye (प्रिये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prasādam (प्रसादम्) | accusative singular, neuter | grace, clarity. The thing she asks him to do. |
| kuru (कुरु) | imperative, second person singular | do, make. From kṛ (कृ). |
| me (मे) | dative singular | for me. |
| nātha (नाथ) | vocative singular, masculine | O lord. |
| niḥśeṣam (निःशेषम्) | indeclinable | without remainder. |
| chinddhi (छिन्द्धि) | imperative, second person singular | cut. From chid (छिद्). |
| saṃśayam (संशयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the doubt. The same doubt as 2. |
| sādhu (साधु) | indeclinable | well. Excellent. |
| sādhu (साधु) | indeclinable | well. Said twice. |
| tvayā (त्वया) | instrumental singular | by you. Instrumental of tvam (त्वम्). |
| pṛṣṭam (पृष्टम्) | nominative singular, neuter | asked. Verbal adjective of prach (प्रछ्), to ask. |
| tantrasāram (तन्त्रसारम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the essence of the tantra (तन्त्र). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| priye (प्रिये) | vocative singular, feminine | O beloved. |
The phrases
The first line is still the Goddess: two imperatives, kuru (कुरु) and chinddhi (छिन्द्धि). The second line is Bhairava (भैरव). tvayā pṛṣṭam (त्वया पृष्टम्) is again a passive. The thing asked is tantrasāram (तन्त्रसारम्).
Sanskrit in this line
chinddhi (छिन्द्धि) doubles the d (द्) of chid (छिद्) in the imperative. priye (प्रिये) is the feminine vocative, so the beloved he addresses is the Goddess.
Say it back
Say her two commands, then his first word of praise.