Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 70
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
लेहनामन्थनाकोटैः स्त्रीसुखस्य भरात् स्मृतेः ।
शक्त्यभावेऽपि देवेशि भवेदानन्दसम्प्लवः lehanāmanthanākoṭaiḥ strīsukhasya bharāt smṛteḥ |
śaktyabhāve 'pi deveśi bhaved ānandasamplavaḥ
The line
By licking, churning, and the tips, from the fullness of the memory of a woman's joy, even in the absence of the śakti (शक्ति), O queen of the gods, there would be a flood of bliss.
नेपालीमा
चाट्ने, मन्थन गर्ने र टुप्पोका स्मृतिले, स्त्रीसुखको भरबाट, हे देवेशी, शक्ति नहुँदा पनि आनन्दको बाढी आउँछ।
Where it sits
The verse's claim is about memory. śaktyabhāve api (शक्त्यभावे अपि): even when the śakti (शक्ति) is absent, the memory's fullness is the flood. The page stays with that sentence.
Split: lehanāmanthanākoṭaiḥ (लेहनामन्थनाकोटैः) + strīsukhasya (स्त्रीसुखस्य) + bharāt (भरात्) + smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) + śaktyabhāve (शक्त्यभावे) + api (अपि) + deveśi (देवेशि) + bhavet (भवेत्) + ānandasamplavaḥ (आनन्दसम्प्लवः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| lehanāmanthanākoṭaiḥ (लेहनामन्थनाकोटैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by licking, by churning, and by the tips. lehana (लेहन) is licking. manthana (मन्थन) is churning. ākoṭa (आकोट) is a tip, a crowning point. |
| strīsukhasya (स्त्रीसुखस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of a woman's joy. |
| bharāt (भरात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from the fullness. |
| smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) | ablative or genitive singular, feminine | of the memory, from the memory. smṛti (स्मृति). |
| śaktyabhāve (शक्त्यभावे) | locative singular, masculine | when śakti (शक्ति) is absent. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| deveśi (देवेशि) | vocative singular, feminine | O queen of the gods. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | there would be. |
| ānandasamplavaḥ (आनन्दसम्प्लवः) | nominative singular, masculine | a flood of bliss. samplava (सम्प्लव) is a flood. |
The phrases
From the fullness of the memory of a woman's joy, by licking, churning, and the tips, even when the śakti (शक्ति) is absent, there would be a flood of bliss.
Sanskrit in this line
śaktyabhāve 'pi (शक्त्यभावेऽपि) is śaktyabhāve (शक्त्यभावे) plus api (अपि). The a (अ) of api (अपि) is the avagraha.
Say it back
Say what remains when the śakti (शक्ति) is absent, in the verse's word smṛti (स्मृति).