Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 45
45
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
पृष्टशून्यं मूलशून्यं हृच्छून्यम् भावयेत् स्थिरम् ।
युगपन् निर्विकल्पत्वान् निर्विकल्पोदयस् ततः pṛṣṭaśūnyaṃ mūlaśūnyaṃ hṛcchūnyam bhāvayet sthiram |
yugapan nirvikalpatvān nirvikalpodayas tataḥ
The line
One should contemplate steadily, at once, the void of the back, the void of the root, and the void of the heart. From being free of constructing, the rising of that freedom comes from that.
नेपालीमा
पिठ्यूँको शून्य, मूलको शून्य र हृदयको शून्य एकैचोटि स्थिर सम्झनु। निर्विकल्प भएबाट निर्विकल्पको उदय हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Same pair as 44, with the heart added. The verse does not cancel the previous line.
Split: pṛṣṭaśūnyam (पृष्टशून्यम्) + mūlaśūnyam (मूलशून्यम्) + hṛcchūnyam (हृच्छून्यम्) + bhāvayet (भावयेत्) + sthiram (स्थिरम्) + yugapat (युगपत्) + nirvikalpatvāt (निर्विकल्पत्वात्) + nirvikalpodayaḥ (निर्विकल्पोदयः) + tataḥ (ततः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛṣṭaśūnyam (पृष्टशून्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the void of the back. |
| mūlaśūnyam (मूलशून्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the void of the root. |
| hṛcchūnyam (हृच्छून्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the void of the heart. hṛd (हृद्) is the heart. |
| bhāvayet (भावयेत्) | optative causative | one should contemplate. |
| sthiram (स्थिरम्) | indeclinable, or accusative | steadily. |
| yugapat (युगपत्) | indeclinable | at once. Recited yugapan (युगपन्) before n (न्). |
| nirvikalpatvāt (निर्विकल्पत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | from the state of being free of vikalpa (विकल्प). Recited nirvikalpatvān (निर्विकल्पत्वान्) before n (न्). |
| nirvikalpodayaḥ (निर्विकल्पोदयः) | nominative singular, masculine | the rising of what is free of vikalpa (विकल्प). Recited udayas (उदय) before t (त्). |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | from that. |
The phrases
The third void is new: hṛcchūnyam (हृच्छून्यम्). The ablative nirvikalpatvāt (निर्विकल्पत्वात्) is the cause. nirvikalpodayaḥ (निर्विकल्पोदयः) is the result.
Sanskrit in this line
hṛd (हृद्) plus śūnya (शून्य) becomes hṛcchūnya (हृच्छून्य). d (द्) before ś (श्) becomes c (च्), and ś (श्) can double as cch (च्छ्).
Say it back
Say which void this verse adds.