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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
ध्यानार्थम् भ्रान्तबुद्धीनां क्रियाडम्बरवर्तिनाम् ।
केवलं वर्णितम् पुंसां विकल्पनिहतात्मनाम् dhyānārtham bhrāntabuddhīnāṃ kriyāḍambaravartinām |
kevalaṃ varṇitam puṃsāṃ vikalpanihatātmanām
The line
It has been described merely so that people can meditate: people whose intellect wanders, who live in the pomp of rites, whose selves are struck by constructing.
नेपालीमा
भ्रान्त बुद्धि भएका, क्रियाको आडम्बरमा बस्ने, विकल्पले आत्मालाई हिर्काएका मानिसका लागि ध्यानको निमित्त मात्र यो वर्णन गरिएको हो।
Where it sits
He is giving the reason the forms exist in the tantras (तन्त्र). He has not yet given his own name for the state.
Split: dhyānārtham (ध्यानार्थम्) + bhrāntabuddhīnām (भ्रान्तबुद्धीनाम्) + kriyāḍambaravartinām (क्रियाडम्बरवर्तिनाम्) + kevalam (केवलम्) + varṇitam (वर्णितम्) + puṃsām (पुंसाम्) + vikalpanihatātmanām (विकल्पनिहतात्मनाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dhyānārtham (ध्यानार्थम्) | indeclinable, accusative of purpose | for the sake of meditation. artha (अर्थ) here is purpose. |
| bhrāntabuddhīnām (भ्रान्तबुद्धीनाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of those whose intellect wanders. bhrānta (भ्रान्त) is wandered. |
| kriyāḍambaravartinām (क्रियाडम्बरवर्तिनाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of those who live in the pomp of rites. kriyā (क्रिया) is ritual action. ḍambara (डम्बर) is pomp. vartin (वर्तिन्) is one who moves in that. |
| kevalam (केवलम्) | indeclinable | merely. |
| varṇitam (वर्णितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | described. |
| puṃsām (पुंसाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of persons. |
| vikalpanihatātmanām (विकल्पनिहतात्मनाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | whose selves are struck by vikalpa (विकल्प). vikalpa (विकल्प) is mental constructing. nihata (निहत) is struck down. |
The phrases
Three genitive plurals name the people for whom the part-filled forms were described. kevalam (केवलम्) limits the describing: merely, for that purpose.
Sanskrit in this line
The genitive plural of a compound in in (इन्) is vartinām (वर्तिनाम्). The case sits on the last member.
Say it back
Say who the forms were described for.