Vijñāna Bhairava / She asks the means (उपाय) / 23
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
यावस्था भरिताकारा भैरवस्योपलभ्यते ।
कैरुपायैर् मुखं तस्य परा देवि कथम् भवेत् ।
यथा सम्यगहं वेद्मि तथा मे ब्रूहि भैरव yāvasthā bharitākārā bhairavasyopalabhyate |
kair upāyair mukhaṃ tasya parā devi katham bhavet |
yathā samyag ahaṃ vedmi tathā me brūhi bhairava
The line
The state of fullness that is found of Bhairava (भैरव): by what means does his entrance become the supreme Goddess? Tell me, Bhairava (भैरव), in the way that I will know it fully.
नेपालीमा
भैरवको भरिएको रूप भएको जुन अवस्था पाइन्छ, कुन उपायले त्यसको मुख परादेवी बन्छ? हे भैरव, म राम्ररी जानूँ भनी मलाई बताउनुहोस्।
Where it sits
The teachings that answer begin at 24. Verse 139 will count them as one hundred and twelve. This book keeps the śloka (श्लोक) numbers.
Split: yā (या) + avasthā (अवस्था) + bharitākārā (भरिताकारा) + bhairavasya (भैरवस्य) + upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) + kaiḥ (कैः) + upāyaiḥ (उपायैः) + mukham (मुखम्) + tasya (तस्य) + parā (परा) + devī (देवी) + katham (कथम्) + bhavet (भवेत्) + yathā (यथा) + samyak (सम्यक्) + aham (अहम्) + vedmi (वेद्मि) + tathā (तथा) + me (मे) + brūhi (ब्रूहि) + bhairava (भैरव)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yā (या) | nominative singular, feminine | which. |
| avasthā (अवस्था) | nominative singular, feminine | state. |
| bharitākārā (भरिताकारा) | nominative singular, feminine | whose form is fullness. The word of 15. |
| bhairavasya (भैरवस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of Bhairava (भैरव). |
| upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) | present passive, third person singular | is found, is obtained. From upa (उप) and labh (लभ्). |
| kaiḥ (कैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by which. Recited kair (कैर्) before u (उ). |
| upāyaiḥ (उपायैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by means. upāya (उपाय) is a means. Recited upāyair (उपायैर्) before m (म्). |
| mukham (मुखम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the entrance. The word of 20. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | his. |
| parā (परा) | nominative singular, feminine | supreme. |
| devī (देवी) | nominative singular, feminine | Goddess. Recited devi (देवि) before k (क्). |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | she would become. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | in the way that. |
| samyak (सम्यक्) | indeclinable | fully. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| vedmi (वेद्मि) | present, first person singular | I know. From vid (विद्). |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| me (मे) | dative singular | to me. |
| brūhi (ब्रूहि) | imperative, second person singular | tell. From brū (ब्रू). |
| bhairava (भैरव) | vocative singular, masculine | O Bhairava (भैरव). |
The phrases
This number holds six pādas (पाद), a line and a half. The first line names the state. The second asks the means and calls the entrance the supreme Goddess. The third is the command brūhi (ब्रूहि).
Sanskrit in this line
kaiḥ upāyaiḥ (कैः उपायैः) recites kair upāyair (कैरुपायैर्). A visarga before a vowel becomes r (र्). aham vedmi (अहम् वेद्मि) is one of the few first-person verbs in her mouth: vedmi (वेद्मि), I know.
Say it back
Say the question in her word upāya (उपाय), and say which verse starts the answer.