Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 56
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
भुवनाध्वादिरूपेण चिन्तयेत् क्रमशोऽखिलम् ।
स्थूलसूक्ष्मपरस्थित्या यावदन्ते मनोलयः bhuvanādhvādirūpeṇa cintayet kramaśo 'khilam |
sthūlasūkṣmaparasthityā yāvad ante manolayaḥ
The line
One should contemplate the whole, step by step, in the form of the worlds and the paths and the rest, by the standing of gross, subtle, and supreme, until at the end there is dissolution of the mind.
नेपालीमा
भुवन, अध्व आदि रूपले क्रमशः सिंगो सम्झनु। स्थूल, सूक्ष्म र पर स्थितिले, अन्त्यमा मनको लय नहुन्जेल।
Where it sits
The three standings are the ones named at 30. Here they are applied to the whole world.
Split: bhuvanādhvādirūpeṇa (भुवनाध्वादिरूपेण) + cintayet (चिन्तयेत्) + kramaśaḥ (क्रमशः) + akhilam (अखिलम्) + sthūlasūkṣmaparasthityā (स्थूलसूक्ष्मपरस्थित्या) + yāvat (यावत्) + ante (अन्ते) + manolayaḥ (मनोलयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhuvanādhvādirūpeṇa (भुवनाध्वादिरूपेण) | instrumental singular, neuter | in the form of the worlds, the paths, and the rest. bhuvana (भुवन) is a world. adhvan (अध्वन्) is a path. |
| cintayet (चिन्तयेत्) | optative | one should contemplate. |
| kramaśaḥ (क्रमशः) | adverb in śas (श) | step by step. Recited kramaśo (क्रमशो) before the avagraha. |
| akhilam (अखिलम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the whole. |
| sthūlasūkṣmaparasthityā (स्थूलसूक्ष्मपरस्थित्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the standing of gross, subtle, and supreme. |
| yāvat (यावत्) | indeclinable | as far as, until. |
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end. |
| manolayaḥ (मनोलयः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution of the mind. |
The phrases
The whole is contemplated step by step in the form of worlds and paths, through the three standings. yāvat (यावत्) marks the limit: until, at the end, the mind dissolves.
Sanskrit in this line
kramaśaḥ (क्रमशः) is krama (क्रम) plus śas (श), the same suffix as sāravibhāgaśaḥ (सारविभागशः) in 1.
Say it back
Say what dissolves at the end.