Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 85
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
लीनं मूर्ध्नि वियत् सर्वम् भैरवत्वेन भावयेत् ।
तत् सर्वम् भैरवाकारतेजस्तत्त्वं समाविशेत् līnaṃ mūrdhni viyat sarvam bhairavatvena bhāvayet |
tat sarvam bhairavākāratejastattvaṃ samāviśet
The line
One should contemplate the whole sky, dissolved in the head, as being Bhairava (भैरव). One should enter that whole, the reality of brightness whose form is Bhairava (भैरव).
नेपालीमा
शिरमा लीन भएको सिंगो आकाश भैरवत्वले सम्झनु। त्यो सबै भैरव आकारको तेज तत्त्वमा पस्नु।
Where it sits
84 looked at the sky. This verse puts the sky, dissolved, in the head.
Split: līnam (लीनम्) + mūrdhni (मूर्ध्नि) + viyat (वियत्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + bhairavatvena (भैरवत्वेन) + bhāvayet (भावयेत्) + tat (तत्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + bhairavākāratejastattvam (भैरवाकारतेजस्तत्त्वम्) + samāviśet (समाविशेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| līnam (लीनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | dissolved. |
| mūrdhni (मूर्ध्नि) | locative singular, masculine | in the head. |
| viyat (वियत्) | accusative singular, neuter | the sky. |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | whole. |
| bhairavatvena (भैरवत्वेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | as being Bhairava (भैरव). tva (त्व) makes the abstract. |
| bhāvayet (भावयेत्) | optative | one should contemplate. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | whole. |
| bhairavākāratejastattvam (भैरवाकारतेजस्तत्त्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the reality of brightness whose form is Bhairava (भैरव). |
| samāviśet (समाविशेत्) | optative | one should enter fully. |
The phrases
The whole sky, dissolved in the head, is contemplated as being Bhairava (भैरव). That whole, one should enter the reality of brightness whose form is Bhairava (भैरव).
Sanskrit in this line
bhairavatvena (भैरवत्वेन) is the instrumental of manner: by way of being Bhairava (भैरव).
Say it back
Say where the sky is dissolved.