Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 36
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
कररुद्धदृगस्त्रेण भ्रूभेदाद् द्वाररोधनात् ।
दृष्टे बिन्दौ क्रमाल् लीने तन्मध्ये परमा स्थितिः kararuddhadṛgastreṇa bhrūbhedād dvārarodhanāt |
dṛṣṭe bindau kramāl līne tanmadhye paramā sthitiḥ
The line
By the weapon of the hands blocking the sight, from the parting of the brows, from the blocking of the doors: when the bindu (बिन्दु) is seen and in sequence dissolved, in the middle of that is the supreme state.
नेपालीमा
हातले दृष्टि छेक्ने अस्त्रबाट, भ्रूको भेदबाट, ढोका बन्द गरेपछि बिन्दु देखिएर क्रमले लीन हुँदा, त्यसको बीचमा परम स्थिति हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The doors and the hands are the verse's words. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: kararuddhadṛgastreṇa (कररुद्धदृगस्त्रेण) + bhrūbhedāt (भ्रूभेदात्) + dvārarodhanāt (द्वाररोधनात्) + dṛṣṭe (दृष्टे) + bindau (बिन्दौ) + kramāt (क्रमात्) + līne (लीने) + tanmadhye (तन्मध्ये) + paramā (परमा) + sthitiḥ (स्थितिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kararuddhadṛgastreṇa (कररुद्धदृगस्त्रेण) | instrumental singular, neuter | by the weapon of sight blocked by the hands. kara (कर) is a hand. ruddha (रुद्ध) is blocked. dṛś (दृश्) is sight. astra (अस्त्र) is a weapon. |
| bhrūbhedāt (भ्रूभेदात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the parting of the brows. |
| dvārarodhanāt (द्वाररोधनात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from the blocking of the doors. |
| dṛṣṭe (दृष्टे) | locative singular, masculine | when it is seen. |
| bindau (बिन्दौ) | locative singular, masculine | in the bindu (बिन्दु), the point. |
| kramāt (क्रमात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the sequence. Recited kramāl (क्रमाल्) before l (ल्). |
| līne (लीने) | locative singular, masculine | when it is dissolved. Agrees with bindau (बिन्दौ). |
| tanmadhye (तन्मध्ये) | locative singular, neuter | in the middle of that. |
| paramā (परमा) | nominative singular, feminine | supreme. |
| sthitiḥ (स्थितिः) | nominative singular, feminine | state. |
The phrases
Two ablatives name the blocking. The locative absolute dṛṣṭe bindau līne (दृष्टे बिन्दौ लीने) is the moment: when the point is seen and dissolved. paramā sthitiḥ (परमा स्थितिः) stands in the middle of that.
Sanskrit in this line
A locative absolute is a clause of its own: when the bindu (बिन्दु) is seen, when it is dissolved. It is not the object of a verb outside it.
Say it back
Say what is seen, and what stands in its middle.