Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 40
40
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
यस्य कस्यापि वर्णस्य पूर्वान्तावनुभावयेत् ।
शून्यया शून्यभूतोऽसौ शून्याकारः पुमान् भवेत् yasya kasyāpi varṇasya pūrvāntāv anubhāvayet |
śūnyayā śūnyabhūto 'sau śūnyākāraḥ pumān bhavet
The line
Of any letter whatever, one should experience the beginning and the end. By the void, that person, become void, would be one whose form is void.
नेपालीमा
जुनसुकै वर्णको आदि र अन्त्य अनुभव गर्नु। शून्यले त्यो पुरुष शून्य भएर शून्याकार हुन्छ।
Where it sits
39 was one syllable, praṇava (प्रणव). This verse says any letter.
Split: yasya (यस्य) + kasya (कस्य) + api (अपि) + varṇasya (वर्णस्य) + pūrvāntau (पूर्वान्तौ) + anubhāvayet (अनुभावयेत्) + śūnyayā (शून्यया) + śūnyabhūtaḥ (शून्यभूतः) + asau (असौ) + śūnyākāraḥ (शून्याकारः) + pumān (पुमान्) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of which. |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of any. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | at all. yasya kasya api (यस्य कस्य अपि) means of any whatever. |
| varṇasya (वर्णस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of a letter. |
| pūrvāntau (पूर्वान्तौ) | accusative dual, masculine | the beginning and the end. pūrva (पूर्व) is before. anta (अन्त) is the end. The dual ending au (औ). |
| anubhāvayet (अनुभावयेत्) | optative causative, third person singular | one should cause oneself to experience. |
| śūnyayā (शून्यया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the void one. |
| śūnyabhūtaḥ (शून्यभूतः) | nominative singular, masculine | become void. Recited śūnyabhūto (शून्यभूतो) before the avagraha. |
| asau (असौ) | nominative singular, masculine | that one. |
| śūnyākāraḥ (शून्याकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | whose form is void. |
| pumān (पुमान्) | nominative singular, masculine | the person. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | he would be. |
The phrases
The dual pūrvāntau (पूर्वान्तौ) is the object: two edges of any letter. By the void śakti (शक्ति), that person would be void in form.
Sanskrit in this line
A dual accusative in au (औ) means the two are taken together. Beginning and end are one object of the verb.
Say it back
Say which two moments of a letter the verse names.