Vijñāna Bhairava / Bhairava answers (उत्तर) / 8
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
गूहनीयतमम् भद्रे तथापि कथयामि ते ।
यत्किंचित् सकलं रूपं भैरवस्य प्रकीर्तितम् gūhanīyatamam bhadre tathāpi kathayāmi te |
yatkiṃcit sakalaṃ rūpaṃ bhairavasya prakīrtitam
The line
It is a thing most to be hidden, O good one. Even so I tell you. Whatever form of Bhairava (भैरव) has been proclaimed as having parts…
नेपालीमा
हे भद्रे, यो सबैभन्दा लुकाउनुपर्ने कुरा हो। तैपनि म तिमीलाई भन्छु। भैरवको जुनसुकै सकला रूप वर्णन गरिएको छ…
Where it sits
He has begun. The forms she listed are the sakalaṃ rūpam (सकलं रूपम्) of this line.
Split: gūhanīyatamam (गूहनीयतमम्) + bhadre (भद्रे) + tathāpi (तथापि) + kathayāmi (कथयामि) + te (ते) + yatkiṃcit (यत्किंचित्) + sakalam (सकलम्) + rūpam (रूपम्) + bhairavasya (भैरवस्य) + prakīrtitam (प्रकीर्तितम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gūhanīyatamam (गूहनीयतमम्) | nominative singular, neuter | most to be hidden. Gerundive of guh (गुह्), to hide, in the superlative. |
| bhadre (भद्रे) | vocative singular, feminine | O good one. |
| tathāpi (तथापि) | indeclinable | even so. |
| kathayāmi (कथयामि) | present, first person singular | I tell. From kath (कथ्), the causative stem. |
| te (ते) | dative singular | to you. Enclitic of tvam (त्वम्). |
| yatkiṃcit (यत्किंचित्) | indeclinable | whatsoever. |
| sakalam (सकलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | having parts. |
| rūpam (रूपम्) | nominative singular, neuter | form. |
| bhairavasya (भैरवस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of Bhairava (भैरव). |
| prakīrtitam (प्रकीर्तितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | proclaimed. From pra (प्र) and kīrt (कीर्त्), to name. |
The phrases
kathayāmi te (कथयामि ते) is his promise. The yatkiṃcit (यत्किंचित्) clause names the forms he is about to set aside. The sentence finishes in 9.
Sanskrit in this line
A gerundive in anīya (अनीय) means 'to be done.' tama (तम) is the superlative: most to be hidden.
Say it back
Say what he promises to tell, and which kind of form the line names.