Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 60
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
निर्वृक्षगिरिभित्त्यादिदेशे दृष्टिं विनिक्षिपेत् ।
विलीने मानसे भावे वृत्तिक्षिणः प्रजायते nirvṛkṣagiribhittyādideśe dṛṣṭiṃ vinikṣipet |
vilīne mānase bhāve vṛttikṣiṇaḥ prajāyate
The line
One should cast the gaze on a place with no tree, a mountain, a wall, and the rest. When the mental state is dissolved, one whose activities have thinned comes to be.
नेपालीमा
रुख नभएको, पहाड, भित्ता आदि ठाउँमा दृष्टि राख्नु। मानस भाव लीन हुँदा वृत्ति क्षीण भएको जन्मिन्छ।
Where it sits
The Yoga Sūtra (योग सूत्र) stills the vṛtti (वृत्ति). This verse says the thinned vṛtti (वृत्ति) comes when the mental state has dissolved.
Split: nirvṛkṣagiribhittyādideśe (निर्वृक्षगिरिभित्त्यादिदेशे) + dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्) + vinikṣipet (विनिक्षिपेत्) + vilīne (विलीने) + mānase (मानसे) + bhāve (भावे) + vṛttikṣīṇaḥ (वृत्तिक्षीणः) + prajāyate (प्रजायते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirvṛkṣagiribhittyādideśe (निर्वृक्षगिरिभित्त्यादिदेशे) | locative singular, masculine | in a place with no tree, a mountain, a wall, and the rest. nirvṛkṣa (निर्वृक्ष) is treeless. |
| dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | the gaze. |
| vinikṣipet (विनिक्षिपेत्) | optative | one should cast. |
| vilīne (विलीने) | locative singular, masculine | when it is dissolved. |
| mānase (मानसे) | locative singular, neuter | in the mental. |
| bhāve (भावे) | locative singular, masculine | in the state. The three locatives are one absolute. |
| vṛttikṣīṇaḥ (वृत्तिक्षीणः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose activities have thinned. The text prints vṛttikṣiṇaḥ (वृत्तिक्षिणः). |
| prajāyate (प्रजायते) | present, third person singular | is born, comes to be. |
The phrases
The gaze is cast on an empty landscape. When the mental state is dissolved, a person whose vṛtti (वृत्ति) has thinned comes to be.
Sanskrit in this line
The text prints kṣiṇa (क्षिण). The verbal adjective of kṣi (क्षि) is kṣīṇa (क्षीण), with a long ī (ई). The sitting uses kṣīṇa (क्षीण).
Say it back
Say what kind of place receives the gaze.