Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 29
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
उद्गच्छन्तीं तडित्रूपाम् प्रतिचक्रं क्रमात् क्रमम् ।
ऊर्ध्वं मुष्टित्रयं यावत् तावदन्ते महोदयः udgacchantīṃ taḍitrūpām praticakraṃ kramāt kramam |
ūrdhvaṃ muṣṭitrayaṃ yāvat tāvad ante mahodayaḥ
The line
Her rising, in the form of lightning, cakra (चक्र) by cakra (चक्र), step by step, upward as far as three fists: at that end, a great rising.
नेपालीमा
उनको चढाइ बिजुलीको रूपमा हुन्छ: चक्रैपिच्छे, क्रमक्रमले, माथि तीन मुट्ठीसम्म। त्यसको अन्त्यमा महान् उदय हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The measure muṣṭitraya (मुष्टित्रय) is the verse's own. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: udgacchantīm (उद्गच्छन्तीम्) + taḍitrūpām (तडित्रूपाम्) + praticakram (प्रतिचक्रम्) + kramāt (क्रमात्) + kramam (क्रमम्) + ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) + muṣṭitrayam (मुष्टित्रयम्) + yāvat (यावत्) + tāvat (तावत्) + ante (अन्ते) + mahodayaḥ (महोदयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| udgacchantīm (उद्गच्छन्तीम्) | accusative singular, feminine | her rising. Participle of ut (उत्) and gam (गम्). |
| taḍitrūpām (तडित्रूपाम्) | accusative singular, feminine | whose form is lightning. taḍit (तडित्) is lightning. |
| praticakram (प्रतिचक्रम्) | indeclinable | cakra by cakra. prati (प्रति) means each. |
| kramāt (क्रमात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from a step. |
| kramam (क्रमम्) | accusative singular, masculine | to a step. The pair means step by step. |
| ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) | indeclinable | upward. |
| muṣṭitrayam (मुष्टित्रयम्) | accusative singular, neuter | three fists. muṣṭi (मुष्टि) is a fist, a hand's measure. traya (त्रय) is a triad. |
| yāvat (यावत्) | indeclinable | as far as. |
| tāvat (तावत्) | indeclinable | so far. |
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end. |
| mahodayaḥ (महोदयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a great rising. mahā (महा) plus udaya (उदय). |
The phrases
cintayet (चिन्तयेत्) from 28 can still be heard. This verse names the one contemplated: rising, lightning-formed, each cakra (चक्र), up to a measure of three fists. mahodayaḥ (महोदयः) is the result at ante (अन्ते).
Sanskrit in this line
praticakram (प्रतिचक्रम्) uses prati (प्रति) the way prativelan (प्रतिवेलन्) uses it: each one in turn.
Say it back
Name the form of the rising, and the measure that limits it.