Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 76
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
तेजसा सूर्यदीपादेराकाशे शबलीकृते ।
दृष्टिर् निवेश्या तत्रैव स्वात्मरूपम् प्रकाशते tejasā sūryadīpāder ākāśe śabalīkṛte |
dṛṣṭir niveśyā tatraiva svātmarūpam prakāśate
The line
In the sky made dappled by the brightness of the sun, a lamp, and the rest, the gaze is to be placed there itself. The form of one's own self shines.
नेपालीमा
सूर्य, दियो आदिको तेजले छिर्के बनाइएको आकाशमा दृष्टि त्यहीँ राख्नु। आफ्नै स्वरूप चम्किन्छ।
Where it sits
The dappled sky is the verse's place. The page stays with the sentence. It does not give a way of looking at the sun.
Split: tejasā (तेजसा) + sūryadīpādeḥ (सूर्यदीपादेः) + ākāśe (आकाशे) + śabalīkṛte (शबलीकृते) + dṛṣṭiḥ (दृष्टिः) + niveśyā (निवेश्या) + tatra (तत्र) + eva (एव) + svātmarūpam (स्वात्मरूपम्) + prakāśate (प्रकाशते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tejasā (तेजसा) | instrumental singular, neuter | by brightness. |
| sūryadīpādeḥ (सूर्यदीपादेः) | ablative or genitive | of the sun, a lamp, and the rest. Recited āder (आदेर्). |
| ākāśe (आकाशे) | locative singular, masculine | in the sky. |
| śabalīkṛte (शबलीकृते) | locative singular, masculine | made patched, made dappled. śabala (शबल) is variegated. |
| dṛṣṭiḥ (दृष्टिः) | nominative singular, feminine | the gaze. |
| niveśyā (निवेश्या) | nominative singular, feminine | to be placed in. Gerundive. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| svātmarūpam (स्वात्मरूपम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the form of one's own self. |
| prakāśate (प्रकाशते) | present | shines. |
The phrases
In a sky made dappled by the brightness of the sun or a lamp, the gaze is to be placed there itself. The form of one's own self shines.
Sanskrit in this line
niveśyā (निवेश्या) is a gerundive agreeing with dṛṣṭiḥ (दृष्टिः). The gaze is the thing to be placed. The construction is impersonal: it is to be placed.
Say it back
Say what shines when the gaze is placed there.