Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 32
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
शिखिपक्षैश् चित्ररूपैर् मण्डलैः शून्यपञ्चकम् ।
ध्यायतोऽनुत्तरे शून्ये प्रवेशो हृदये भवेत् śikhipakṣaiś citrarūpair maṇḍalaiḥ śūnyapañcakam |
dhyāyato 'nuttare śūnye praveśo hṛdaye bhavet
The line
For one meditating the five voids by circles of variegated form, like peacock feathers, there would be an entrance in the heart, in the unsurpassed void.
नेपालीमा
मयूरपङ्ख जस्ता चित्ररूप मण्डलले पाँच शून्य ध्यान गर्नेको हृदयमा, अनुत्तर शून्यमा, प्रवेश हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The electronic text prints a broken ṇ (ण्) in maṇḍalaiḥ (मण्डलैः). The word is maṇḍala (मण्डल).
Split: śikhipakṣaiḥ (शिखिपक्षैः) + citrarūpaiḥ (चित्ररूपैः) + maṇḍalaiḥ (मण्डलैः) + śūnyapañcakam (शून्यपञ्चकम्) + dhyāyataḥ (ध्यायतः) + anuttare (अनुत्तरे) + śūnye (शून्ये) + praveśaḥ (प्रवेशः) + hṛdaye (हृदये) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śikhipakṣaiḥ (शिखिपक्षैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by peacock feathers. śikhin (शिखिन्) is a peacock. pakṣa (पक्ष) is a wing, a feather. Recited śikhipakṣaiś (शिखिपक्षैश्) before c (च्). |
| citrarūpaiḥ (चित्ररूपैः) | instrumental plural, neuter | by variegated forms. Recited citrarūpair (चित्ररूपैर्) before m (म्). |
| maṇḍalaiḥ (मण्डलैः) | instrumental plural, neuter | by circles. |
| śūnyapañcakam (शून्यपञ्चकम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the set of five voids. |
| dhyāyataḥ (ध्यायतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one meditating. Recited dhyāyato (ध्यायतो) before the avagraha. |
| anuttare (अनुत्तरे) | locative singular, neuter | in the unsurpassed. |
| śūnye (शून्ये) | locative singular, neuter | in the void. |
| praveśaḥ (प्रवेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | entrance. |
| hṛdaye (हृदये) | locative singular, neuter | in the heart. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | there would be. |
The phrases
The instrumentals are the circles one meditates by. śūnyapañcakam (शून्यपञ्चकम्) is the object. The genitive dhyāyataḥ (ध्यायतः) is the person. praveśaḥ (प्रवेशः) is what would be, and its place is hṛdaye (हृदये).
Sanskrit in this line
dhyāyato 'nuttare (ध्यायतोऽनुत्तरे) is dhyāyataḥ (ध्यायतः) plus anuttare (अनुत्तरे). The genitive ending uḥ (उः) of the participle recites as o (ओ) before a (अ).
Say it back
Say how many voids, and where the entrance is.