Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 52
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
कालाग्निना कालपदादुत्थितेन स्वकम् पुरम् ।
प्लुष्टम् विचिन्तयेदन्ते शान्ताभासस् तदा भवेत् kālāgninā kālapadād utthitena svakam puram |
pluṣṭam vicintayed ante śāntābhāsas tadā bhavet
The line
By the fire of time, risen from the foot of time, one should contemplate one's own city as burned. At the end, one would then become a shining of peace.
नेपालीमा
कालको आगोले, कालको खुट्टाबाट उठेर, आफ्नो शहर जलेको सम्झनु। अन्त्यमा शान्त आभा हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The burning is the verse's contemplation, vicintayet (विचिन्तयेत्). The end the verse names is peace's shining. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: kālāgninā (कालाग्निना) + kālapadāt (कालपदात्) + utthitena (उत्थितेन) + svakam (स्वकम्) + puram (पुरम्) + pluṣṭam (प्लुष्टम्) + vicintayet (विचिन्तयेत्) + ante (अन्ते) + śāntābhāsaḥ (शान्ताभासः) + tadā (तदा) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kālāgninā (कालाग्निना) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the fire of time. kālāgni (कालाग्नि). |
| kālapadāt (कालपदात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the foot of time. Recited kālapadād (कालपदाद्) before u (उ). |
| utthitena (उत्थितेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by that which has risen. Agrees with kālāgninā (कालाग्निना). |
| svakam (स्वकम्) | accusative singular, neuter | one's own. |
| puram (पुरम्) | accusative singular, neuter | city. |
| pluṣṭam (प्लुष्टम्) | accusative singular, neuter | burned. From pluṣ (प्लुष्). |
| vicintayet (विचिन्तयेत्) | optative | one should contemplate. |
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end. |
| śāntābhāsaḥ (शान्ताभासः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose shining is peace. Recited śāntābhāsas (शान्ताभास) before t (त्). |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
The city is contemplated as burned, by a fire the verse names as time's fire, risen from time's foot. At the end, the person becomes a shining of peace.
Sanskrit in this line
pluṣṭa (प्लुष्ट) is the verbal adjective of pluṣ (प्लुष्), to burn. It agrees with puram (पुरम्).
Say it back
Say what is contemplated as burned, and what the end is.