Vijñāna Bhairava / Bhairava answers (उत्तर) / 13
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
अप्रबुद्धमतीनां हि एता बलविभीषिकाः ।
मातृमोदकवत् सर्वं प्रवृत्त्यर्थं उदाहृतम् aprabuddhamatīnāṃ hi etā balavibhīṣikāḥ |
mātṛmodakavat sarvaṃ pravṛttyarthaṃ udāhṛtam
The line
For minds not yet awake, these are scare-figures for children. The whole has been told like a mother's sweet, so that they will set out.
नेपालीमा
अझ नजागेका मनका लागि यी रूप बालकलाई डर देखाउने आकृति जस्तै हुन्। अघि बढून् भनेर सबै आमाको मिठाइ जस्तै भनिएको हो।
Where it sits
He has a use for the forms and a limit on them. The limit is the genitive aprabuddhamatīnām (अप्रबुद्धमतीनाम्).
Split: aprabuddhamatīnām (अप्रबुद्धमतीनाम्) + hi (हि) + etāḥ (एताः) + balavibhīṣikāḥ (बलविभीषिकाः) + mātṛmodakavat (मातृमोदकवत्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + pravṛttyartham (प्रवृत्त्यर्थम्) + udāhṛtam (उदाहृतम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aprabuddhamatīnām (अप्रबुद्धमतीनाम्) | genitive plural | of those whose minds are unawakened. prabuddha (प्रबुद्ध) is awakened. mati (मति) is mind. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| etāḥ (एताः) | nominative plural, feminine | these. Agrees with vibhīṣikāḥ (विभीषिकाः). Recited etā (एता) before b (ब्). |
| balavibhīṣikāḥ (बलविभीषिकाः) | nominative plural, feminine | scare-figures for children. bala (बल) is a child. vibhīṣikā (विभीषिका) is a bogey. |
| mātṛmodakavat (मातृमोदकवत्) | indeclinable in vat (वत्) | like a mother's sweet. mātṛ (मातृ) is a mother. modaka (मोदक) is a sweet. |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the whole. |
| pravṛttyartham (प्रवृत्त्यर्थम्) | indeclinable, accusative of purpose | for the sake of setting out. pravṛtti (प्रवृत्ति) is activity. |
| udāhṛtam (उदाहृतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | offered as an example, cited. |
The phrases
etāḥ vibhīṣikāḥ (एताः विभीषिकाः) are the forms just refused. mātṛmodakavat (मातृमोदकवत्) is a second image, of how the whole teaching was given: like a sweet, so that a child will start.
Sanskrit in this line
udāhṛtam (उदाहृतम्) is the verbal adjective of ud (उद्) and āhṛ (आहृ), to bring forward as an example.
Say it back
Give his two images for the refused forms.