Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 24–50 (उपदेश) / 49
49
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
हृद्याकाशे निलीनाक्षः पद्मसम्पुटमध्यगः ।
अनन्यचेताः सुभगे परं सौभाग्यमाप्नुयात् hṛdyākāśe nilīnākṣaḥ padmasampuṭamadhyagaḥ |
ananyacetāḥ subhage paraṃ saubhāgyam āpnuyāt
The line
With the senses dissolved in the sky of the heart, gone to the middle of the lotus hollow, the mind on nothing else, O lovely one, one would obtain the supreme good fortune.
नेपालीमा
हृदयको आकाशमा इन्द्रिय लीन भएको, कमलको कोषको बीचमा पुगेको, अर्कोतिर मन नलगेकोले, हे सुभगे, परम सौभाग्य पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The heart's sky is a place. The lotus hollow is the verse's image for the middle of it.
Split: hṛdyākāśe (हृद्याकाशे) + nilīnākṣaḥ (निलीनाक्षः) + padmasampuṭamadhyagaḥ (पद्मसम्पुटमध्यगः) + ananyacetāḥ (अनन्यचेताः) + subhage (सुभगे) + param (परम्) + saubhāgyam (सौभाग्यम्) + āpnuyāt (आप्नुयात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hṛdyākāśe (हृद्याकाशे) | locative singular, masculine | in the sky of the heart. ākāśa (आकाश) is sky, space. |
| nilīnākṣaḥ (निलीनाक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose senses are dissolved. akṣa (अक्ष) is a sense. |
| padmasampuṭamadhyagaḥ (पद्मसम्पुटमध्यगः) | nominative singular, masculine | gone to the middle of the lotus hollow. sampuṭa (सम्पुट) is a closed hollow, a cup. madhyaga (मध्यग) is gone to the middle. |
| ananyacetāḥ (अनन्यचेताः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is on nothing else. |
| subhage (सुभगे) | vocative singular, feminine | O lovely one. subhagā (सुभगा). |
| param (परम्) | accusative singular, neuter | supreme. |
| saubhāgyam (सौभाग्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | good fortune. Abstract of subhaga (सुभग). |
| āpnuyāt (आप्नुयात्) | optative, third person singular | one would obtain. From āp (आप्). |
The phrases
Three nominatives describe the person. The locative is the sky of the heart. The object obtained is paraṃ saubhāgyam (परं सौभाग्यम्).
Sanskrit in this line
saubhāgya (सौभाग्य) is vṛddhi (वृद्धि) of subhaga (सुभग), the same word as the vocative subhage (सुभगे). He calls her lovely and names the fruit loveliness.
Say it back
Say where the senses dissolve, and what is obtained.