Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 54
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
स्वदेहे जगतो वापि सूक्ष्मसूक्ष्मतराणि च ।
तत्त्वानि यानि निलयं ध्यात्वान्ते व्यज्यते परा svadehe jagato vāpi sūkṣmasūkṣmatarāṇi ca |
tattvāni yāni nilayaṃ dhyātvānte vyajyate parā
The line
In one's own body, or of the world too, the realities that are subtle and subtler: having meditated their dissolution, at the end the supreme is manifested.
नेपालीमा
आफ्नो शरीरमा वा जगत्मा पनि, सूक्ष्म र झन् सूक्ष्म जुन तत्त्व छन्, तिनको लय ध्यान गरेपछि अन्त्यमा परा प्रकट हुनुहुन्छ।
Where it sits
parā (परा) is the Goddess of 17. She is what the end manifests.
Split: svadehe (स्वदेहे) + jagataḥ (जगतः) + vā (वा) + api (अपि) + sūkṣmasūkṣmatarāṇi (सूक्ष्मसूक्ष्मतराणि) + ca (च) + tattvāni (तत्त्वानि) + yāni (यानि) + nilayam (निलयम्) + dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) + ante (अन्ते) + vyajyate (व्यज्यते) + parā (परा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svadehe (स्वदेहे) | locative singular, masculine | in one's own body. |
| jagataḥ (जगतः) | genitive singular, neuter | of the world. Recited jagato (जगतो). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also. |
| sūkṣmasūkṣmatarāṇi (सूक्ष्मसूक्ष्मतराणि) | accusative plural, neuter | the subtle and the subtler. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| tattvāni (तत्त्वानि) | accusative plural, neuter | realities. |
| yāni (यानि) | accusative plural, neuter | which. |
| nilayam (निलयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | dissolution, a settling-down. ni (नि) and lī (ली). |
| dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) | absolutive | having meditated. |
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end. |
| vyajyate (व्यज्यते) | present passive | is manifested. |
| parā (परा) | nominative singular, feminine | the supreme. |
The phrases
The realities, subtle and subtler, are in one's body or the world's. Having meditated their dissolution, at the end parā (परा) is manifested.
Sanskrit in this line
yāni tattvāni (यानि तत्त्वानि) is a relative clause. yāni (यानि) agrees with tattvāni (तत्त्वानि) in gender, number, and case.
Say it back
Say what is meditated, and who is manifested at the end.