Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 37
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
धामान्तःक्षोभसम्भूतसूक्ष्माग्नितिलकाकृतिम् ।
बिन्दुं शिखान्ते हृदये लयान्ते ध्यायतो लयः dhāmāntaḥkṣobhasambhūtasūkṣmāgnitilakākṛtim |
binduṃ śikhānte hṛdaye layānte dhyāyato layaḥ
The line
The bindu (बिन्दु) whose form is a mark of subtle fire, born of the stirring inside the light: at the end of the crest, in the heart, at the end of dissolution, for one meditating there is dissolution.
नेपालीमा
प्रकाशभित्रको क्षोभबाट जन्मेको, सूक्ष्म आगोको तिलक रूप भएको बिन्दुलाई शिखाको अन्त्यमा, हृदयमा, लयको अन्त्यमा ध्यान गर्नेको लय हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Crest, heart, and the end of dissolution are three places in one verse. The verse does not rank them.
Split: dhāmāntaḥkṣobhasambhūta (धामान्तःक्षोभसम्भूत) + sūkṣmāgnitilakākṛtim (सूक्ष्माग्नितिलकाकृतिम्) + bindum (बिन्दुम्) + śikhānte (शिखान्ते) + hṛdaye (हृदये) + layānte (लयान्ते) + dhyāyataḥ (ध्यायतः) + layaḥ (लयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dhāmāntaḥkṣobhasambhūta (धामान्तःक्षोभसम्भूत) | in the compound | born of the stirring inside the light. dhāman (धामन्) is light, an abode. kṣobha (क्षोभ) is a stirring. |
| sūkṣmāgnitilakākṛtim (सूक्ष्माग्नितिलकाकृतिम्) | accusative singular, masculine | whose form is a tilaka (तिलक) of subtle fire. tilaka (तिलक) is the mark on the forehead. |
| bindum (बिन्दुम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the bindu (बिन्दु). |
| śikhānte (शिखान्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end of the crest. śikhā (शिखा) is the flame, the crest of hair. |
| hṛdaye (हृदये) | locative singular, neuter | in the heart. |
| layānte (लयान्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end of dissolution. |
| dhyāyataḥ (ध्यायतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one meditating. Recited dhyāyato (ध्यायतो). |
| layaḥ (लयः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution. |
The phrases
Three locatives are places for the same bindu (बिन्दु): crest, heart, end of dissolution. For the one meditating, layaḥ (लयः) is the result.
Sanskrit in this line
The long compound is one accusative agreeing with bindum (बिन्दुम्). Read it from the end: a form, and that form is a tilaka (तिलक) of subtle fire.
Say it back
Name the three places, and the result.