Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 88
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
एवमेव निमील्यादौ नेत्रे कृष्णाभमग्रतः ।
प्रसार्य भैरवं रूपम् भावयंस् तन्मयो भवेत् evam eva nimīlyādau netre kṛṣṇābham agrataḥ |
prasārya bhairavaṃ rūpam bhāvayaṃs tanmayo bhavet
The line
Just so, having closed the two eyes at the beginning, having spread the dark semblance in front, contemplating the form of Bhairava (भैरव), one would become made of that.
नेपालीमा
यसै गरी सुरुमा दुवै आँखा चिम्लेर, अगाडि कालो आभा फैलाएर, भैरव रूप सम्झँदा तन्मय हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The dark is in front of the closed eyes. The form contemplated is Bhairava (भैरव)'s. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: evam (एवम्) + eva (एव) + nimīlya (निमील्य) + ādau (आदौ) + netre (नेत्रे) + kṛṣṇābham (कृष्णाभम्) + agrataḥ (अग्रतः) + prasārya (प्रसार्य) + bhairavam (भैरवम्) + rūpam (रूपम्) + bhāvayan (भावयन्) + tanmayaḥ (तन्मयः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| nimīlya (निमील्य) | absolutive | having closed. Joined nimīlyādau (निमील्यादौ). |
| ādau (आदौ) | locative singular, masculine | at the beginning. |
| netre (नेत्रे) | accusative dual, neuter | the two eyes. |
| kṛṣṇābham (कृष्णाभम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the darkness-looking. kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is black. ābha (आभ) is a semblance. |
| agrataḥ (अग्रतः) | indeclinable | in front. |
| prasārya (प्रसार्य) | absolutive | having spread. |
| bhairavam (भैरवम्) | accusative singular, neuter | of Bhairava (भैरव). |
| rūpam (रूपम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the form. |
| bhāvayan (भावयन्) | nominative singular, masculine | contemplating. Recited bhāvayaṃs (भावयंस्). |
| tanmayaḥ (तन्मयः) | nominative singular, masculine | made of that. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
Having closed the eyes at the start, having spread the dark semblance in front, contemplating the form of Bhairava (भैरव), one would become made of that.
Sanskrit in this line
netre (नेत्रे) is dual: both eyes. nimīlya (निमील्य) is the absolutive of ni (नि) and mīl (मील्), to close.
Say it back
Say what is spread in front, and what one becomes.