Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 58
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
विश्वमेतन् महादेवि शून्यभूतं विचिन्तयेत् ।
तत्रैव च मनो लीनं ततस् तल्लयभाजनम् viśvam etan mahādevi śūnyabhūtaṃ vicintayet |
tatraiva ca mano līnaṃ tatas tallayabhājanam
The line
This universe, O great Goddess, one should contemplate as become void. There itself the mind is dissolved, and then one is a vessel of that dissolution.
नेपालीमा
हे महादेवी, यो विश्व शून्य भएको सम्झनु। त्यहीँ मन लीन हुन्छ, र त्यो लयको भाँडो हुन्छ।
Where it sits
47 put the void in the body's substances. This verse puts it in the universe.
Split: viśvam (विश्वम्) + etat (एतत्) + mahādevi (महादेवि) + śūnyabhūtam (शून्यभूतम्) + vicintayet (विचिन्तयेत्) + tatra (तत्र) + eva (एव) + ca (च) + manaḥ (मनः) + līnam (लीनम्) + tataḥ (ततः) + tallayabhājanam (तल्लयभाजनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the universe. |
| etat (एतत्) | accusative singular, neuter | this. |
| mahādevi (महादेवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O great Goddess. |
| śūnyabhūtam (शून्यभूतम्) | accusative singular, neuter | become void. |
| vicintayet (विचिन्तयेत्) | optative | one should contemplate. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| līnam (लीनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | dissolved. |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| tallayabhājanam (तल्लयभाजनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a vessel of that dissolution. bhājana (भाजन) is a vessel. |
The phrases
The universe is contemplated as become void. There itself the mind is dissolved. Then one is a vessel of that dissolution.
Sanskrit in this line
bhājana (भाजन) is a vessel that holds something. Here it holds laya (लय).
Say it back
Say what the universe is contemplated as, and what the mind does there.