Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 42
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
पिण्डमन्त्रस्य सर्वस्य स्थूलवर्णक्रमेण तु ।
अर्धेन्दुबिन्दुनादान्तः शून्योच्चाराद् भवेच् छिवः piṇḍamantrasya sarvasya sthūlavarṇakrameṇa tu |
ardhendubindunādāntaḥ śūnyoccārād bhavec chivaḥ
The line
Of every piṇḍa (पिण्ड) mantra, by the sequence of the gross letters, from the void utterance at the end of the half-moon, the bindu (बिन्दु), and nāda (नाद), one would become Śiva (शिव).
नेपालीमा
हरेक पिण्ड मन्त्रको स्थूल वर्णको क्रमले, अर्धेन्दु, बिन्दु र नादको अन्त्यको शून्य उच्चारणबाट शिव हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The electronic text prints a broken ṇ (ण्) in piṇḍa (पिण्ड). The stages half-moon, bindu (बिन्दु), and nāda (नाद) are the ones she asked about at 4 and he refused as Bhairava (भैरव)'s form at 12. Here they are the end of an utterance, and the void utterance is what the line uses.
Split: piṇḍamantrasya (पिण्डमन्त्रस्य) + sarvasya (सर्वस्य) + sthūlavarṇakrameṇa (स्थूलवर्णक्रमेण) + tu (तु) + ardhendubindunādāntaḥ (अर्धेन्दुबिन्दुनादान्तः) + śūnyoccārāt (शून्योच्चारात्) + bhavet (भवेत्) + śivaḥ (शिवः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| piṇḍamantrasya (पिण्डमन्त्रस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of a piṇḍa mantra (पिण्ड मन्त्र), a mantra gathered into a compact form. |
| sarvasya (सर्वस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of every one. |
| sthūlavarṇakrameṇa (स्थूलवर्णक्रमेण) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the sequence of the gross letters. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and, indeed. |
| ardhendubindunādāntaḥ (अर्धेन्दुबिन्दुनादान्तः) | ablative or the compound's end | at the end of the half-moon, the bindu (बिन्दु), and nāda (नाद). ardhendu (अर्धेन्दु) is the half-moon. |
| śūnyoccārāt (शून्योच्चारात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the void utterance. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | one would become. Recited bhavec (भवेच्) before ś (श्). |
| śivaḥ (शिवः) | nominative singular, masculine | Śiva (शिव). |
The phrases
Every compact mantra is gone through by its gross letters. The ablative śūnyoccārāt (शून्योच्चारात्) is the utterance at the end of half-moon, bindu (बिन्दु), and nāda (नाद). śivaḥ (शिवः) is what one would become.
Sanskrit in this line
bhavet (भवेत्) before ś (श्) recites bhavec chivaḥ (भवेच् छिवः). t (त्) becomes c (च्), and ś (श्) can double.
Say it back
Name the three stages at the end of the utterance.