Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 51–80 (उपदेश) / 80
80
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
स्थूलरूपस्य भावस्य स्तब्धां दृष्टिं निपात्य च ।
अचिरेण निराधारं मनः कृत्वा शिवं व्रजेत् sthūlarūpasya bhāvasya stabdhāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ nipātya ca |
acireṇa nirādhāraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā śivaṃ vrajet
The line
Having cast a steady gaze on a thing of gross form, and before long having made the mind without a support, one would go to Śiva (शिव).
नेपालीमा
स्थूल रूपको भावमा स्थिर दृष्टि राखेर, छिटै मनलाई आड बिनाको बनाएर, शिवतिर जान्छ।
Where it sits
The gross thing is any gross thing. The verse does not name a special object. The mind's becoming supportless is the turn.
Split: sthūlarūpasya (स्थूलरूपस्य) + bhāvasya (भावस्य) + stabdhām (स्तब्धाम्) + dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्) + nipātya (निपात्य) + ca (च) + acireṇa (अचिरेण) + nirādhāram (निराधारम्) + manaḥ (मनः) + kṛtvā (कृत्वा) + śivam (शिवम्) + vrajet (व्रजेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthūlarūpasya (स्थूलरूपस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of a gross form. |
| bhāvasya (भावस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of a thing. |
| stabdhām (स्तब्धाम्) | accusative singular, feminine | steady, stopped. Agrees with dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्). |
| dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | the gaze. |
| nipātya (निपात्य) | absolutive | having cast down. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| acireṇa (अचिरेण) | instrumental singular, neuter | before long. cira (चिर) is a long time. a (अ) takes it away. |
| nirādhāram (निराधारम्) | accusative singular, neuter | without a support. Agrees with manaḥ (मनः). |
| manaḥ (मनः) | accusative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| śivam (शिवम्) | accusative singular, neuter | Śiva (शिव), the auspicious. |
| vrajet (व्रजेत्) | optative | one should go. |
The phrases
Having cast a steady gaze on a gross thing, and before long having made the mind supportless, one would go to Śiva (शिव).
Sanskrit in this line
acireṇa (अचिरेण) is an instrumental of time: by a not-long time, that is, soon.
Say it back
Say what happens to the mind, and where one goes.