Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 33
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
ईदृशेन क्रमेणैव यत्र कुत्रापि चिन्तना ।
शून्ये कुड्ये परे पात्रे स्वयं लीना वरप्रदा īdṛśena krameṇaiva yatra kutrāpi cintanā |
śūnye kuḍye pare pātre svayaṃ līnā varapradā
The line
By a sequence of this very kind, wherever the contemplation is, in a void, on a wall, or on a vessel, she who gives the boon is dissolved of herself.
नेपालीमा
यस्तै क्रमले, जहाँसुकै चिन्तन होस्, शून्यमा, भित्तामा, वा पात्रमा, वर दिनुहुने उहाँ आफैँ लीन हुनुहुन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse widens 32. The place does not have to be one named spot.
Split: īdṛśena (ईदृशेन) + krameṇa (क्रमेण) + eva (एव) + yatra (यत्र) + kutra (कुत्र) + api (अपि) + cintanā (चिन्तना) + śūnye (शून्ये) + kuḍye (कुड्ये) + pare (परे) + pātre (पात्रे) + svayam (स्वयम्) + līnā (लीना) + varapradā (वरप्रदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| īdṛśena (ईदृशेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by one of this kind. |
| krameṇa (क्रमेण) | instrumental singular, masculine | by a sequence. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | very, itself. |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| kutra (कुत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | ever. yatra kutrāpi (यत्र कुत्रापि) means wherever. |
| cintanā (चिन्तना) | nominative singular, feminine | contemplation. |
| śūnye (शून्ये) | locative singular, neuter | in a void. |
| kuḍye (कुड्ये) | locative singular, neuter | on a wall. |
| pare (परे) | locative singular, neuter | on a supreme one, on another. |
| pātre (पात्रे) | locative singular, neuter | on a vessel. |
| svayam (स्वयम्) | indeclinable | of herself. |
| līnā (लीना) | nominative singular, feminine | dissolved. Agrees with cintanā (चिन्तना), or with the Goddess. |
| varapradā (वरप्रदा) | nominative singular, feminine | she who gives the boon. vara (वर) is a boon. pradā (प्रदा) is a giver. |
The phrases
The same sequence, wherever. Three locatives are enough for it: a void, a wall, a vessel. varapradā (वरप्रदा) is feminine, dissolved of herself.
Sanskrit in this line
yatra kutra api (यत्र कुत्र अपि) is an indefinite: wherever. api (अपि) is what makes it indefinite.
Say it back
Name the three places the verse treats as enough.