Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 74
74
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
यत्र यत्र मनस् तुष्टिर् मनस् तत्रैव धारयेत् ।
तत्र तत्र परानन्दस्वारूपं सम्प्रवर्तते yatra yatra manas tuṣṭir manas tatraiva dhārayet |
tatra tatra parānandasvārūpaṃ sampravartate
The line
Wherever the mind has satisfaction, there itself one should hold the mind. There and there, that whose own form is supreme bliss proceeds.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ जहाँ मन सन्तुष्ट हुन्छ, त्यहीँ मन राख्नु। त्यहाँ परमानन्द स्वरूप चल्छ।
Where it sits
The place is not fixed. Satisfaction picks it. 73 gave song as one such place.
Split: yatra (यत्र) + yatra (यत्र) + manaḥ (मनः) + tuṣṭiḥ (तुष्टिः) + manaḥ (मनः) + tatra (तत्र) + eva (एव) + dhārayet (धारयेत्) + tatra (तत्र) + tatra (तत्र) + parānandasvārūpam (परानन्दस्वारूपम्) + sampravartate (सम्प्रवर्तते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. Doubled, it means wherever. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | genitive or nominative | of the mind. The text prints manas (मन) before t (त्). |
| tuṣṭiḥ (तुष्टिः) | nominative singular, feminine | satisfaction. Recited tuṣṭir (तुष्टिर्). |
| manaḥ (मनः) | accusative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| dhārayet (धारयेत्) | optative | one should hold. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| parānandasvārūpam (परानन्दस्वारूपम्) | nominative singular, neuter | whose own form is supreme bliss. |
| sampravartate (सम्प्रवर्तते) | present | proceeds fully. |
The phrases
Wherever the mind's satisfaction is, there itself one should hold the mind. There, what proceeds has supreme bliss as its own form.
Sanskrit in this line
Doubled yatra yatra (यत्र यत्र) and doubled tatra tatra (तत्र तत्र) are the indefinite: wherever, there.
Say it back
Say what picks the place.