Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 87
87
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
एवमेव दुर्निशायां कृष्णपक्षागमे चिरम् ।
तैमिरम् भावयन् रूपम् भैरवं रूपमेष्यति evam eva durniśāyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣāgame ciram |
taimiram bhāvayan rūpam bhairavaṃ rūpam eṣyati
The line
Just so, on a dark night, at the coming of the dark fortnight, contemplating the form of darkness for a long time, one will go to the form of Bhairava (भैरव).
नेपालीमा
यसै गरी अँध्यारो रातमा, कृष्ण पक्ष आउँदा, धेरै बेर अँध्यारो रूप सम्झँदा भैरव रूपमा पुगिन्छ।
Where it sits
Darkness was one side of the pair in 86. This verse stays with the dark.
Split: evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + durniśāyām (दुर्निशायाम्) + kṛṣṇapakṣāgame (कृष्णपक्षागमे) + ciram (चिरम्) + taimiram (तैमिरम्) + bhāvayan (भावयन्) + rūpam (रूपम्) + bhairavam (भैरवम्) + rūpam (रूपम्) + eṣyati (एष्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| durniśāyām (दुर्निशायाम्) | locative singular, feminine | on a hard night, a dark night. |
| kṛṣṇapakṣāgame (कृष्णपक्षागमे) | locative singular, masculine | at the coming of the dark fortnight. kṛṣṇapakṣa (कृष्णपक्ष) is the waning half of the month. |
| ciram (चिरम्) | accusative of time | for a long time. |
| taimiram (तैमिरम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the darkness. timira (तिमिर) is darkness. taimira (तैमिर) is its abstract, or the dark form. |
| bhāvayan (भावयन्) | nominative singular, masculine | contemplating. |
| rūpam (रूपम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the form. |
| bhairavam (भैरवम्) | accusative singular, neuter | of Bhairava (भैरव). |
| rūpam (रूपम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the form. |
| eṣyati (एष्यति) | future, third person singular | one will go. From i (इ). |
The phrases
Thus, on a dark night, at the coming of the dark fortnight, for a long time, contemplating the dark form, one will go to the form of Bhairava (भैरव).
Sanskrit in this line
eṣyati (एष्यति) is the future of i (इ), to go. The verse speaks of a going that will happen, not of a going already done.
Say it back
Say which night the verse names.