Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 39
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
प्रणवादिसमुच्चारात् प्लुतान्ते शून्यभावानात् ।
शून्यया परया शक्त्या शून्यतामेति भैरवि praṇavādisamuccārāt plutānte śūnyabhāvānāt |
śūnyayā parayā śaktyā śūnyatām eti bhairavi
The line
From sounding praṇava (प्रणव) and the rest, at the end of the prolated vowel, from becoming void, by the void supreme śakti (शक्ति) one goes to voidness, O Bhairavī (भैरवी).
नेपालीमा
प्रणव आदि उच्चारणबाट, प्लुतको अन्त्यमा, शून्य भावबाट। शून्य परा शक्तिले, हे भैरवी, शून्यतातिर जान्छ।
Where it sits
pluta (प्लुत) is a grammarian's length, three morae. The verse puts the void at the end of that length.
Split: praṇavādisamuccārāt (प्रणवादिसमुच्चारात्) + plutānte (प्लुतान्ते) + śūnyabhāvānāt (शून्यभावानात्) + śūnyayā (शून्यया) + parayā (परया) + śaktyā (शक्त्या) + śūnyatām (शून्यताम्) + eti (एति) + bhairavi (भैरवि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| praṇavādisamuccārāt (प्रणवादिसमुच्चारात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the pronunciation of praṇava (प्रणव) and the rest. praṇava (प्रणव) is the syllable om (ओम्). uccāra (उच्चार) is a sounding-forth. |
| plutānte (प्लुतान्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end of the prolated vowel. pluta (प्लुत) is the vowel held for three measures. |
| śūnyabhāvānāt (शून्यभावानात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from the becoming of the void. |
| śūnyayā (शून्यया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the void one. |
| parayā (परया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the supreme one. |
| śaktyā (शक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by śakti (शक्ति). |
| śūnyatām (शून्यताम्) | accusative singular, feminine | voidness. |
| eti (एति) | present, third person singular | one goes. From i (इ). |
| bhairavi (भैरवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O Bhairavī (भैरवी). |
The phrases
Two ablatives give the start: pronunciation, and becoming void, at the end of the pluta (प्लुत). Three instrumentals are one śakti (शक्ति). śūnyatām eti (शून्यतामेति) is the going.
Sanskrit in this line
eti (एति) is the present of i (इ), to go. It takes the accusative śūnyatām (शून्यताम्) as the place gone to.
Say it back
Say where in the sounded syllable the voidness is.