Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 82
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
आसने शयने स्थित्वा निराधारं विभावयन् ।
स्वदेहं मनसि क्षिणे क्षणात् क्षीणाशयो भवेत् āsane śayane sthitvā nirādhāraṃ vibhāvayan |
svadehaṃ manasi kṣiṇe kṣaṇāt kṣīṇāśayo bhavet
The line
Having stayed on a seat or a bed, contemplating one's own body as without a support, when the mind has thinned, in a moment one would become one whose store has thinned.
नेपालीमा
आसनमा वा शय्यामा बसेर आफ्नो शरीर आड बिनाको सम्झँदा, मन क्षीण हुनासाथ क्षणमै आशय क्षीण हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The store, āśaya (आशय), is what thins. The Yoga Sūtra (योग सूत्र) speaks of a store of impressions. This verse uses āśaya (आशय) for what thins with the mind.
Split: āsane (आसने) + śayane (शयने) + sthitvā (स्थित्वा) + nirādhāram (निराधारम्) + vibhāvayan (विभावयन्) + svadeham (स्वदेहम्) + manasi (मनसि) + kṣīṇe (क्षीणे) + kṣaṇāt (क्षणात्) + kṣīṇāśayaḥ (क्षीणाशयः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āsane (आसने) | locative singular, neuter | on a seat. |
| śayane (शयने) | locative singular, neuter | on a bed. |
| sthitvā (स्थित्वा) | absolutive | having stayed. |
| nirādhāram (निराधारम्) | accusative singular, masculine | without a support. Agrees with svadeham (स्वदेहम्). |
| vibhāvayan (विभावयन्) | nominative singular, masculine | contemplating. |
| svadeham (स्वदेहम्) | accusative singular, masculine | one's own body. |
| manasi (मनसि) | locative singular, neuter | when the mind… |
| kṣīṇe (क्षीणे) | locative singular, neuter | has thinned. The text prints kṣiṇe (क्षिणे). Locative absolute. |
| kṣaṇāt (क्षणात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from a moment, in a moment. |
| kṣīṇāśayaḥ (क्षीणाशयः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose store has thinned. āśaya (आशय) is a resting-place, the store of tendencies. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
Seated or lying, contemplating one's body as supportless, when the mind has thinned, in a moment one would become one whose store has thinned.
Sanskrit in this line
The text prints kṣiṇe (क्षिणे). The locative of kṣīṇa (क्षीण) is kṣīṇe (क्षीणे). The sitting uses the long ī (ई).
Say it back
Say what thins, besides the mind.