Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 46
46
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
तनूदेशे शून्यतैव क्षणमात्रं विभावयेत् ।
निर्विकल्पं निर्विकल्पो निर्विकल्पस्वरूपभाक् tanūdeśe śūnyataiva kṣaṇamātraṃ vibhāvayet |
nirvikalpaṃ nirvikalpo nirvikalpasvarūpabhāk
The line
In a small place, voidness itself, for only a moment, one should contemplate. The one free of constructing shares the own form of what is free of constructing.
नेपालीमा
सानो ठाउँमा शून्यता नै, क्षण मात्र, सम्झनु। निर्विकल्प व्यक्ति निर्विकल्प स्वरूपको भागी हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The repetition is the verse's. Three forms of one word, three jobs.
Split: tanūdeśe (तनूदेशे) + śūnyatā (शून्यता) + eva (एव) + kṣaṇamātram (क्षणमात्रम्) + vibhāvayet (विभावयेत्) + nirvikalpam (निर्विकल्पम्) + nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) + nirvikalpasvarūpabhāk (निर्विकल्पस्वरूपभाक्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tanūdeśe (तनूदेशे) | locative singular, masculine | in a small place. tanu (तनु) is thin, small. uddeśa (उद्देश) is a spot. |
| śūnyatā (शून्यता) | nominative singular, feminine | voidness. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. Joined śūnyataiva (शून्यतैव). |
| kṣaṇamātram (क्षणमात्रम्) | accusative of time | for only a moment. kṣaṇa (क्षण) is a moment. mātra (मात्र) is only. |
| vibhāvayet (विभावयेत्) | optative causative | one should contemplate distinctly. |
| nirvikalpam (निर्विकल्पम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the free of vikalpa (विकल्प). |
| nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who is free of vikalpa (विकल्प). Recited nirvikalpo (निर्विकल्पो). |
| nirvikalpasvarūpabhāk (निर्विकल्पस्वरूपभाक्) | nominative singular, masculine | sharing the own form of what is free of vikalpa (विकल्प). bhāj (भाज्) means sharing. |
The phrases
The place is small and the time is one moment. The verse then stacks nirvikalpa (निर्विकल्प) three times: as object, as the person, and as the own form he shares.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāk (भाक्) is the nominative of bhāj (भाज्). A stem in j (ज्) takes k (क्) in the nominative singular.
Say it back
Say how long the verse gives the contemplation, and which word it repeats.