Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 71
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
आनन्दे महति प्राप्ते दृष्टे वा बान्धवे चिरात् ।
आनन्दमुद्गतं ध्यात्वा तल्लयस् तन्मना भवेत् ānande mahati prāpte dṛṣṭe vā bāndhave cirāt |
ānandam udgataṃ dhyātvā tallayas tanmanā bhavet
The line
When a great joy has been reached, or when a kinsman is seen after a long time, having meditated the risen joy, one would become dissolved into that, one's mind made of that.
नेपालीमा
ठूलो आनन्द पाएपछि, वा धेरै समयपछि बन्धु देख्दा, उर्लिएको आनन्द ध्यान गरेर तन्मय भई त्यसमै लीन हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The occasion can be ordinary. The verse uses a kinsman seen after a long time as one place the joy rises.
Split: ānande (आनन्दे) + mahati (महति) + prāpte (प्राप्ते) + dṛṣṭe (दृष्टे) + vā (वा) + bāndhave (बान्धवे) + cirāt (चिरात्) + ānandam (आनन्दम्) + udgatam (उद्गतम्) + dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) + tallayaḥ (तल्लयः) + tanmanāḥ (तन्मनाः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ānande (आनन्दे) | locative singular, masculine | when joy… |
| mahati (महति) | locative singular, masculine | great. Agrees with ānande (आनन्दे). |
| prāpte (प्राप्ते) | locative singular, masculine | has been reached. Locative absolute. |
| dṛṣṭe (दृष्टे) | locative singular, masculine | when seen. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| bāndhave (बान्धवे) | locative singular, masculine | when a kinsman… |
| cirāt (चिरात्) | ablative singular | after a long time. |
| ānandam (आनन्दम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the joy. |
| udgatam (उद्गतम्) | accusative singular, masculine | risen. |
| dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) | absolutive | having meditated. |
| tallayaḥ (तल्लयः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution into that. Recited tallayas (तल्लय) before t (त्). |
| tanmanāḥ (तन्मनाः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is that. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
When a great joy has been reached, or when a kinsman is seen after a long time, having meditated the joy that rose, one whose mind is that would be dissolved into it.
Sanskrit in this line
A locative absolute ānande prāpte (आनन्दे प्राप्ते) means when joy has been reached. It sets the time. It is not the object of dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा).
Say it back
Name one ordinary occasion the verse uses.