Vijñāna Bhairava / Bhairava answers (उत्तर) / 12
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
नादबिन्दुमयो वापि न चन्द्रार्धनिरोधिकाः ।
न चक्रक्रमसम्भिन्नो न च शक्तिस्वरूपकः nādabindumayo vāpi na candrārdhanirodhikāḥ |
na cakrakramasambhinno na ca śaktisvarūpakaḥ
The line
Nor is he made of nāda (नाद) and bindu (बिन्दु), nor the half-moon and the blocker, nor differentiated by the sequence of wheels, nor one whose form is śakti (शक्ति).
नेपालीमा
नाद र बिन्दुबाट बनेको पनि होइन, अर्धचन्द्र र निरोधिका पनि होइन। चक्रको क्रमले छुट्टिएको होइन, शक्तिकै रूप पनि होइन।
Where it sits
Her list has been answered. The next verse says why those forms were spoken at all.
Split: nādabindumayaḥ (नादबिन्दुमयः) + vā (वा) + api (अपि) + na (न) + candrārdhanirodhikāḥ (चन्द्रार्धनिरोधिकाः) + na (न) + cakrakramasambhinnaḥ (चक्रक्रमसम्भिन्नः) + na (न) + ca (च) + śaktisvarūpakaḥ (शक्तिस्वरूपकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nādabindumayaḥ (नादबिन्दुमयः) | nominative singular, masculine | made of nāda (नाद) and bindu (बिन्दु). Recited mayo (मयो) before v (व्). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| candrārdhanirodhikāḥ (चन्द्रार्धनिरोधिकाः) | nominative plural, feminine | the half-moon and the blocker. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| cakrakramasambhinnaḥ (चक्रक्रमसम्भिन्नः) | nominative singular, masculine | differentiated by the sequence of cakras (चक्र). krama (क्रम) is sequence. sambhinna (सम्भिन्न) is divided. Recited without the visarga before na (न). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| śaktisvarūpakaḥ (शक्तिस्वरूपकः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose own form is śakti (शक्ति). |
The phrases
The na (न) continues, now against the list in 4. bhairavaḥ (भैरवः) from 11 is still the subject.
Sanskrit in this line
mayaḥ (मयः) before v (व्) recites as mayo (मयो). Visarga before a voiced consonant becomes o (ओ).
Say it back
Say which verse's list this na (न) answers.