Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 57
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
अस्य सर्वस्य विश्वस्य पर्यन्तेषु समन्ततः ।
अध्वप्रक्रियया तत्त्वं शैवं ध्यत्वा महोदयः asya sarvasya viśvasya paryanteṣu samantataḥ |
adhvaprakriyayā tattvaṃ śaivaṃ dhyatvā mahodayaḥ
The line
At the far edges of this whole universe, on every side, having meditated the Śaiva (शैव) reality by the procedure of the path, a great rising.
नेपालीमा
यस सिंगो विश्वका छेउमा, चारैतिर, अध्वको विधिले शैव तत्त्व ध्यान गरेपछि महान् उदय हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The edges of the world are the place. The reality meditated is called śaiva (शैव).
Split: asya (अस्य) + sarvasya (सर्वस्य) + viśvasya (विश्वस्य) + paryanteṣu (पर्यन्तेषु) + samantataḥ (समन्ततः) + adhvaprakriyayā (अध्वप्रक्रियया) + tattvam (तत्त्वम्) + śaivam (शैवम्) + dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) + mahodayaḥ (महोदयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of this. |
| sarvasya (सर्वस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of the whole. |
| viśvasya (विश्वस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of the universe. |
| paryanteṣu (पर्यन्तेषु) | locative plural, masculine | at the far edges. |
| samantataḥ (समन्ततः) | adverb in tas (त) | on every side. |
| adhvaprakriyayā (अध्वप्रक्रियया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the procedure of the path. |
| tattvam (तत्त्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | reality. |
| śaivam (शैवम्) | accusative singular, neuter | Śaiva (शैव), belonging to Śiva (शिव). |
| dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) | absolutive | having meditated. The text prints dhyatvā (ध्यत्वा). |
| mahodayaḥ (महोदयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a great rising. |
The phrases
At the far edges of this whole universe, on every side, having meditated the Śaiva (शैव) reality by the path's procedure, there is a great rising.
Sanskrit in this line
The text prints dhyatvā (ध्यत्वा). The absolutive of dhyai (ध्यै) is dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा). The sitting uses the form with the long ā (आ).
Say it back
Say where in the universe the verse places the meditation.