Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 67
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
सर्वस्रोतोनिबन्धेन प्राणशक्त्योर्ध्वया शनैः ।
पिपीलस्पर्शवेलायाम् प्रथते परमं सुखम् sarvasrotonibandhena prāṇaśaktyordhvayā śanaiḥ |
pipīlasparśavelāyām prathate paramaṃ sukham
The line
By the binding of every channel, by the upward śakti (शक्ति) of prāṇa (प्राण), slowly, at the time of an ant's touch, supreme joy spreads.
नेपालीमा
सबै स्रोत बाँधेर, प्राणशक्ति माथि लैजाने गरी, बिस्तारै, कमिलाको स्पर्शको बेला परम सुख फैलिन्छ।
Where it sits
The ant's touch is the verse's picture of a faint sensation. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: sarvasrotonibandhena (सर्वस्रोतोनिबन्धेन) + prāṇaśaktyā (प्राणशक्त्या) + ūrdhvayā (ऊर्ध्वया) + śanaiḥ (शनैः) + pipīlasparśavelāyām (पिपीलस्पर्शवेलायाम्) + prathate (प्रथते) + paramam (परमम्) + sukham (सुखम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvasrotonibandhena (सर्वस्रोतोनिबन्धेन) | instrumental singular, masculine | by the binding of every channel. srotas (स्रोत) is a stream, a channel. nibandha (निबन्ध) is a binding. |
| prāṇaśaktyā (प्राणशक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the śakti (शक्ति) of prāṇa (प्राण). The text joins it prāṇaśaktyordhvayā (प्राणशक्त्योर्ध्वया). |
| ūrdhvayā (ऊर्ध्वया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the upward one. Agrees with śaktyā (शक्त्या). |
| śanaiḥ (शनैः) | indeclinable | slowly. |
| pipīlasparśavelāyām (पिपीलस्पर्शवेलायाम्) | locative singular, feminine | at the time of an ant's touch. pipīla (पिपील) is an ant. sparśa (स्पर्श) is a touch. velā (वेला) is a time. |
| prathate (प्रथते) | present, third person singular | spreads. From prath (प्रथ्). |
| paramam (परमम्) | nominative singular, neuter | supreme. |
| sukham (सुखम्) | nominative singular, neuter | ease, joy. |
The phrases
By binding every channel, by the upward śakti (शक्ति) of breath, slowly, at the time of a touch like an ant's, supreme joy spreads.
Sanskrit in this line
velāyām (वेलायाम्) is the locative of time. pipīla (पिपील) and sparśa (स्पर्श) name the kind of time.
Say it back
Say what the verse compares the moment to.