Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 84
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
आकाशं विमलम् पश्यन् कृत्वा दृष्टिं निरन्तराम् ।
स्तब्धात्मा तत्क्षणाद् देवि भैरवं वपुराप्नुयात् ākāśaṃ vimalam paśyan kṛtvā dṛṣṭiṃ nirantarām |
stabdhātmā tatkṣaṇād devi bhairavaṃ vapur āpnuyāt
The line
Seeing the spotless sky, having made the gaze without a gap, O Goddess, the one whose self is steady would from that moment obtain the body of Bhairava (भैरव).
नेपालीमा
हे देवी, निर्मल आकाश हेर्दै दृष्टि नटुटाई राख्दा, स्थिर आत्मा त्यसै क्षण भैरवको शरीर पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The sky is spotless. The gaze is gapless. The fruit is Bhairava (भैरव)'s body. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: ākāśam (आकाशम्) + vimalam (विमलम्) + paśyan (पश्यन्) + kṛtvā (कृत्वा) + dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्) + nirantarām (निरन्तराम्) + stabdhātmā (स्तब्धात्मा) + tatkṣaṇāt (तत्क्षणात्) + devi (देवि) + bhairavam (भैरवम्) + vapuḥ (वपुः) + āpnuyāt (आप्नुयात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ākāśam (आकाशम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the sky. |
| vimalam (विमलम्) | accusative singular, masculine | spotless. |
| paśyan (पश्यन्) | nominative singular, masculine | seeing. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | the gaze. |
| nirantarām (निरन्तराम्) | accusative singular, feminine | without a gap. Agrees with dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्). |
| stabdhātmā (स्तब्धात्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose self is steady. |
| tatkṣaṇāt (तत्क्षणात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from that moment. |
| devi (देवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O Goddess. |
| bhairavam (भैरवम्) | accusative singular, neuter | of Bhairava (भैरव). |
| vapuḥ (वपुः) | accusative singular, neuter | the body. Recited vapur (वपुर्) before ā (आ). |
| āpnuyāt (आप्नुयात्) | optative | one would obtain. |
The phrases
Seeing the spotless sky, having made the gaze gapless, the one whose self is steady would from that moment obtain the body of Bhairava (भैरव).
Sanskrit in this line
nirantarām (निरन्तराम्) agrees with dṛṣṭim (दृष्टिम्), not with the sky. The gaze is the thing without a gap.
Say it back
Say what is seen, and what body is obtained.