Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 44
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
पृष्टशून्यं मूलशून्यं युगपद् भावयेच् च यः ।
शरीरनिरपेक्षिण्या शक्त्या शून्यमना भवेत् pṛṣṭaśūnyaṃ mūlaśūnyaṃ yugapad bhāvayec ca yaḥ |
śarīranirapekṣiṇyā śaktyā śūnyamanā bhavet
The line
Who contemplates at once the void of the back and the void of the root, by a śakti (शक्ति) that does not depend on the body, would become void-minded.
नेपालीमा
जसले पिठ्यूँको शून्य र मूलको शून्य एकैचोटि सम्झन्छ, शरीरमा नअडिएकी शक्तिले, त्यो शून्यमन हुन्छ।
Where it sits
45 says the same two voids and adds the heart.
Split: pṛṣṭaśūnyam (पृष्टशून्यम्) + mūlaśūnyam (मूलशून्यम्) + yugapat (युगपत्) + bhāvayet (भावयेत्) + ca (च) + yaḥ (यः) + śarīranirapekṣiṇyā (शरीरनिरपेक्षिण्या) + śaktyā (शक्त्या) + śūnyamanāḥ (शून्यमनाः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛṣṭaśūnyam (पृष्टशून्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the void of the back. pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ) is the back. |
| mūlaśūnyam (मूलशून्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the void of the root. |
| yugapat (युगपत्) | indeclinable | at once. |
| bhāvayet (भावयेत्) | optative causative | one should contemplate. Recited bhāvayec (भावयेच्) before c (च्). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | who. |
| śarīranirapekṣiṇyā (शरीरनिरपेक्षिण्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by a śakti (शक्ति) that does not lean on the body. nirapekṣin (निरपेक्षिन्) is one who has no regard for, no dependence on. |
| śaktyā (शक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by śakti (शक्ति). |
| śūnyamanāḥ (शून्यमनाः) | nominative singular, masculine | void-minded. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative, third person singular | he would become. |
The phrases
Who contemplates two voids at once becomes void-minded. The instrumental śaktyā (शक्त्या) is qualified as not depending on the body.
Sanskrit in this line
nirapekṣin (निरपेक्षिन्) is an adjective in in (इन्). The feminine instrumental is iṇyā (इण्या).
Say it back
Name the two voids, and the kind of śakti (शक्ति) the verse names.