Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 24
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
ऊर्ध्वे प्राणो ह्यधो जीवो विसर्गात्मा परोच्चरेत् ।
उत्पत्तिद्वितयस्थाने भरणाद् भरिता स्थितिः ūrdhve prāṇo hy adho jīvo visargātmā paroccaret |
utpattidvitayasthāne bharaṇād bharitā sthitiḥ
The line
Above is prāṇa (प्राण), below is jīva (जीव). She whose nature is visarga (विसर्ग), the supreme, would ascend. In the place of the two arisings, from the filling, there is the state of fullness.
नेपालीमा
माथि प्राण छ, तल जीव छ। विसर्ग स्वभावकी परा माथि चढून्। दुई उत्पत्तिको ठाउँमा, भरणबाट, भरिएको स्थिति हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The teachings begin here. She asked for the upāya (उपाय) at 23. The verb is the verse's optative. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: ūrdhve (ऊर्ध्वे) + prāṇaḥ (प्राणः) + hi (हि) + adhaḥ (अधः) + jīvaḥ (जीवः) + visargātmā (विसर्गात्मा) + parā (परा) + uccaret (उच्चरेत्) + utpattidvitayasthāne (उत्पत्तिद्वितयस्थाने) + bharaṇāt (भरणात्) + bharitā (भरिता) + sthitiḥ (स्थितिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ūrdhve (ऊर्ध्वे) | locative singular, neuter | above, in the upper place. |
| prāṇaḥ (प्राणः) | nominative singular, masculine | the breath called prāṇa (प्राण). Recited prāṇo (प्राणो) before h (ह्). |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| adhaḥ (अधः) | indeclinable | below. Recited adho (अधो) before j (ज्). |
| jīvaḥ (जीवः) | nominative singular, masculine | the breath called jīva (जीव), the life-breath. Recited jīvo (जीवो) before v (व्). |
| visargātmā (विसर्गात्मा) | nominative singular, feminine | she whose nature is visarga (विसर्ग), the letting-forth. visarga (विसर्ग) is also the two dots of the release. |
| parā (परा) | nominative singular, feminine | the supreme. Joined with the verb as paro (परो). |
| uccaret (उच्चरेत्) | optative, third person singular | she should ascend, she should go up. From ut (उत्) and car (चर्). |
| utpattidvitayasthāne (उत्पत्तिद्वितयस्थाने) | locative singular, neuter | in the place of the pair of arisings. utpatti (उत्पत्ति) is an arising. dvitaya (द्वितय) is a pair. |
| bharaṇāt (भरणात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from filling, from supporting. bharaṇa (भरण) is a bearing-up. |
| bharitā (भरिता) | nominative singular, feminine | full. The word of 15. |
| sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) | nominative singular, feminine | a state, a standing. |
The phrases
prāṇaḥ (प्राणः) is placed above and jīvaḥ (जीवः) below. visargātmā parā (विसर्गात्मा परा) is the one who would ascend. The locative names where. bharaṇāt (भरणात्) is the ablative of the cause. bharitā sthitiḥ (भरिता स्थितिः) is the result.
Sanskrit in this line
paroccaret (परोच्चरेत्) is parā (परा) plus uccaret (उच्चरेत्). ā (आ) plus u (उ) becomes o (ओ). prāṇaḥ (प्राणः) before h (ह्) recites prāṇo (प्राणो).
Say it back
Name the two breaths and the state the verse says comes from the filling.