Vijñāna Bhairava / Bhairava answers (उत्तर) / 11
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
तत्त्वतो न नवात्मासौ शब्दराशिर् न भैरवः ।
न चासौ त्रिशिरा देवो न च शक्तित्रयात्मकः tattvato na navātmāsau śabdarāśir na bhairavaḥ |
na cāsau triśirā devo na ca śaktitrayātmakaḥ
The line
In reality that ninefold self is not Bhairava (भैरव), nor is the mass of sounds. That god is not the three-headed one, nor one whose nature is the three śaktis (शक्ति).
नेपालीमा
वास्तवमा त्यो नौ आत्मा भैरव होइन, शब्दराशि पनि होइन। त्यो देव त्रिशिरा होइन, तीन शक्तिको स्वभाव पनि होइन।
Where it sits
The verse's own na (न) is the answer. The forms stay in the earlier lines as what she asked. They are not deleted from the book.
Split: tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) + na (न) + navātmā (नवात्मा) + asau (असौ) + śabdarāśiḥ (शब्दराशिः) + na (न) + bhairavaḥ (भैरवः) + na (न) + ca (च) + asau (असौ) + triśirāḥ (त्रिशिराः) + devaḥ (देवः) + na (न) + ca (च) + śaktitrayātmakaḥ (शक्तित्रयात्मकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) | adverb in tas (त) | in reality. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| navātmā (नवात्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the ninefold self. |
| asau (असौ) | nominative singular, masculine | that one. |
| śabdarāśiḥ (शब्दराशिः) | nominative singular, masculine | the mass of sounds. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| bhairavaḥ (भैरवः) | nominative singular, masculine | Bhairava (भैरव). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| asau (असौ) | nominative singular, masculine | that one. |
| triśirāḥ (त्रिशिराः) | nominative singular, masculine | the three-headed. śiras (शिर) is the head. |
| devaḥ (देवः) | nominative singular, masculine | the god. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| śaktitrayātmakaḥ (शक्तित्रयात्मकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose nature is the three śaktis (शक्ति). |
The phrases
Four na (न) answer 3 and the mass of sounds from 2. Each candidate is a nominative set beside bhairavaḥ (भैरवः).
Sanskrit in this line
triśirāḥ (त्रिशिराः) is the nominative of triśiras (त्रिशिर). A stem in as (अस्) takes āḥ (आः) in the nominative singular.
Say it back
Repeat his four refusals, each with the verse's na (न).