Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 66
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
कुहनेन प्रयोगेण सद्य एव मृगेक्षणे ।
समुदेति महानन्दो येन तत्त्वं प्रकाशते kuhanena prayogeṇa sadya eva mṛgekṣaṇe |
samudeti mahānando yena tattvaṃ prakāśate
The line
By a feint of a means, at once, O gazelle-eyed one, a great bliss rises, by which reality shines.
नेपालीमा
हे मृगआँखी, कुहन प्रयोगले तुरुन्त महान् आनन्द उर्लिन्छ, जसबाट तत्त्व चम्किन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's own word for the means is kuhana (कुहन), a feint. Some readers divide the letters kuhane na (कुहने न), 'not in deceit.' This text prints kuhanena (कुहनेन), one word, 'by a feint.'
Split: kuhanena (कुहनेन) + prayogeṇa (प्रयोगेण) + sadyaḥ (सद्यः) + eva (एव) + mṛgekṣaṇe (मृगेक्षणे) + samudeti (समुदेति) + mahānandaḥ (महानन्दः) + yena (येन) + tattvam (तत्त्वम्) + prakāśate (प्रकाशते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kuhanena (कुहनेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by a feint, by a trick. kuhanā (कुहना) is a feint. |
| prayogeṇa (प्रयोगेण) | instrumental singular, masculine | by a means, by an application. |
| sadyaḥ (सद्यः) | indeclinable | at once. Recited sadya (सद्य) before e (ए). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| mṛgekṣaṇe (मृगेक्षणे) | vocative singular, feminine | O gazelle-eyed one. |
| samudeti (समुदेति) | present, third person singular | rises up. From sam (सम्), ut (उत्), and i (इ). |
| mahānandaḥ (महानन्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a great bliss. Recited mahānando (महानन्दो). |
| yena (येन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by which. |
| tattvam (तत्त्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | reality. |
| prakāśate (प्रकाशते) | present | shines. |
The phrases
By a feint of a means, at once, a great bliss rises. yena (येन) is the relative: by that bliss, reality shines.
Sanskrit in this line
sadyaḥ eva (सद्यः एव) recites sadya eva (सद्य एव). Visarga before e (ए) drops.
Say it back
Say what rises, and what shines by it.