Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 55
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
पीनां च दुर्बलां शक्तिं ध्यात्वा द्वादशगोचरे ।
प्रविश्य हृदये ध्यायन् मुक्तः स्वातन्त्र्यमाप्नुयात् pīnāṃ ca durbalāṃ śaktiṃ dhyātvā dvādaśagocare |
praviśya hṛdaye dhyāyan muktaḥ svātantryam āpnuyāt
The line
Having meditated śakti (शक्ति) as full and as weak, in the range of twelve, having entered, meditating in the heart, freed, one would obtain freedom.
नेपालीमा
शक्तिलाई पूर्ण र दुर्बल दुवै ध्यान गरेर, बाह्रको गोचरमा पसेर, हृदयमा ध्यान गर्दै मुक्त भएकोले स्वातन्त्र्य पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The electronic text prints pināṃ (पिनां). The word is pīnām (पीनाम्), full, the pair of durbalām (दुर्बलाम्). The page uses pīnām (पीनाम्).
Split: pīnām (पीनाम्) + ca (च) + durbalām (दुर्बलाम्) + śaktim (शक्तिम्) + dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) + dvādaśagocare (द्वादशगोचरे) + praviśya (प्रविश्य) + hṛdaye (हृदये) + dhyāyan (ध्यायन्) + muktaḥ (मुक्तः) + svātantryam (स्वातन्त्र्यम्) + āpnuyāt (आप्नुयात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pīnām (पीनाम्) | accusative singular, feminine | full, swollen. Agrees with śaktim (शक्तिम्). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| durbalām (दुर्बलाम्) | accusative singular, feminine | weak. dur (दुर्) is bad, hard. bala (बल) is strength. |
| śaktim (शक्तिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | śakti (शक्ति). |
| dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) | absolutive | having meditated. |
| dvādaśagocare (द्वादशगोचरे) | locative singular, masculine | in the range of twelve. |
| praviśya (प्रविश्य) | absolutive | having entered. |
| hṛdaye (हृदये) | locative singular, neuter | in the heart. |
| dhyāyan (ध्यायन्) | nominative singular, masculine | meditating. |
| muktaḥ (मुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | freed. |
| svātantryam (स्वातन्त्र्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | freedom, the state of depending on oneself. svatantra (स्वतन्त्र) is self-depending. |
| āpnuyāt (आप्नुयात्) | optative | one would obtain. |
The phrases
One śakti (शक्ति) is meditated as both full and weak. The range is twelve. Having entered, meditating in the heart, the freed one would obtain svātantrya (स्वातन्त्र्य).
Sanskrit in this line
svātantrya (स्वातन्त्र्य) is the abstract in ya (य) with vṛddhi (वृद्धि) of svatantra (स्वतन्त्र). Freedom here is the noun 'being one's own dependence.'
Say it back
Say the two states of śakti (शक्ति), and the noun he gives the fruit.