Vijñāna Bhairava / Bhairava answers (उत्तर) / 16
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
तद् वपुस् तत्त्वतो ज्ञेयं विमलं विश्वपूरणम् ।
एवंविधे परे तत्त्वे कः पूज्यः कश् च तृप्यति tad vapus tattvato jñeyaṃ vimalaṃ viśvapūraṇam |
evaṃvidhe pare tattve kaḥ pūjyaḥ kaś ca tṛpyati
The line
That body is to be known in reality: spotless, filling the world. In a supreme reality of this kind, who is there to worship, and who is satisfied?
नेपालीमा
त्यो शरीर वास्तवमा चिन्नुपर्ने हो। त्यो निर्मल छ र विश्वमा व्याप्त छ। यस्तो पर तत्त्वमा कसलाई पूज्ने, र को तृप्त हुने?
Where it sits
Worship returns at 147 and 153. The question is planted here.
Split: tad (तद्) + vapus (वपु) + tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) + jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) + vimalam (विमलम्) + viśvapūraṇam (विश्वपूरणम्) + evaṃvidhe (एवंविधे) + pare (परे) + tattve (तत्त्वे) + kaḥ (कः) + pūjyaḥ (पूज्यः) + kaḥ (कः) + ca (च) + tṛpyati (तृप्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad (तद्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| vapus (वपु) | nominative singular, neuter | body. A stem in us (उस्). |
| tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) | adverb in tas (त) | in reality. |
| jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | to be known. |
| vimalam (विमलम्) | nominative singular, neuter | spotless. mala (मल) is a stain. vi (वि) takes it off. |
| viśvapūraṇam (विश्वपूरणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | filling the universe. pūraṇa (पूरण) is a filling. |
| evaṃvidhe (एवंविधे) | locative singular, neuter | in one of this kind. |
| pare (परे) | locative singular, neuter | in the supreme. |
| tattve (तत्त्वे) | locative singular, neuter | in the reality. |
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | who? |
| pūjyaḥ (पूज्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | to be worshipped. Gerundive of pūj (पूज्). |
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | who? Recited kaś (कश्) before c (च्). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| tṛpyati (तृप्यति) | present, third person singular | is satisfied. From tṛp (तृप्). |
The phrases
tad vapus (तद् वपुस्) renames the state of 15 as a body, and the body is neuter. The two questions, kaḥ pūjyaḥ (कः पूज्यः) and kaḥ tṛpyati (कः तृप्यति), ask who stands outside that reality to receive worship or to be filled.
Sanskrit in this line
vapus (वपु) does not take a visarga in the nominative. The stem already ends in s (स्).
Say it back
Say what he calls the state here, and the two questions he asks.