Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 38
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
अनाहते पात्रकर्णेऽभग्नशब्दे सरिद्द्रुते ।
शब्दब्रह्मणि निष्णातः परम् ब्रह्माधिगच्छति anāhate pātrakarṇe 'bhagnaśabde sariddrute |
śabdabrahmaṇi niṣṇātaḥ param brahmādhigacchati
The line
In the unstruck sound, in a vessel or the ear, in an unbroken sound, in a river's rush: one who is steeped in brahman (ब्रह्मन्) as sound reaches the supreme brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
अनाहतमा, पात्र वा कानमा, नटुटेको शब्दमा, नदीको वेगमा। शब्दब्रह्ममा निष्णात भएको व्यक्ति परम ब्रह्मलाई पुग्छ।
Where it sits
This is a verse about sound, in a book you are reading after the music. anāhata (अनाहत) is a sound the verse says has no strike. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: anāhate (अनाहते) + pātrakarṇe (पात्रकर्णे) + abhagnaśabde (अभग्नशब्दे) + sariddrute (सरिद्द्रुते) + śabdabrahmaṇi (शब्दब्रह्मणि) + niṣṇātaḥ (निष्णातः) + param (परम्) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + adhigacchati (अधिगच्छति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anāhate (अनाहते) | locative singular, masculine | in the unstruck. āhata (आहत) is struck. an (अन्) takes it away. A sound with no striker. |
| pātrakarṇe (पात्रकर्णे) | locative singular, masculine | in a vessel, in the ear. pātra (पात्र) is a vessel. karṇa (कर्ण) is the ear. |
| abhagnaśabde (अभग्नशब्दे) | locative singular, masculine | in an unbroken sound. The avagraha joins it to karṇe (कर्णे). |
| sariddrute (सरिद्द्रुते) | locative singular, masculine | in the rush of a river. sarit (सरित्) is a river. druta (द्रुत) is flowing. |
| śabdabrahmaṇi (शब्दब्रह्मणि) | locative singular, neuter | in brahman (ब्रह्मन्) as sound. |
| niṣṇātaḥ (निष्णातः) | nominative singular, masculine | deeply versed, bathed in. From ni (नि) and snā (स्ना). |
| param (परम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the supreme. |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | accusative singular, neuter | brahman (ब्रह्मन्). |
| adhigacchati (अधिगच्छति) | present, third person singular | he reaches. From adhi (अधि) and gam (गम्). |
The phrases
Four locatives are places of sound: unstruck, a vessel or the ear, an unbroken sound, a river's rush. The person is niṣṇātaḥ (निष्णातः) in śabdabrahman (शब्दब्रह्मन्). The verb reaches the supreme brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
Sanskrit in this line
pātrakarṇe 'bhagnaśabde (पात्रकर्णेऽभग्नशब्दे) is pātrakarṇe (पात्रकर्णे) plus abhagnaśabde (अभग्नशब्दे). The a (अ) of abhagna (अभग्न) is written as the avagraha after e (ए).
Say it back
Say what kind of sound has no strike, in the verse's word.