Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 90
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
अबिन्दुमविसर्गं च अकारं जपतो महान् ।
उदेति देवि सहसा ज्ञानौघः परमेश्वरः abindum avisargaṃ ca akāraṃ japato mahān |
udeti devi sahasā jñānaughaḥ parameśvaraḥ
The line
Of one reciting the letter a (अ), without bindu (बिन्दु) and without visarga (विसर्ग), O Goddess, a great flood of knowing, the supreme lord, rises suddenly.
नेपालीमा
हे देवी, बिन्दु बिना र विसर्ग बिना अकार जप्नेको ज्ञानको महान् बाढी, अर्थात् परमेश्वर, अचानक उर्लिन्छ।
Where it sits
bindu (बिन्दु) and visarga (विसर्ग) were stages of sound at 42. This verse recites a (अ) without them.
Split: abindum (अबिन्दुम्) + avisargam (अविसर्गम्) + ca (च) + akāram (अकारम्) + japataḥ (जपतः) + mahān (महान्) + udeti (उदेति) + devi (देवि) + sahasā (सहसा) + jñānaughaḥ (ज्ञानौघः) + parameśvaraḥ (परमेश्वरः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abindum (अबिन्दुम्) | accusative singular, masculine | without bindu (बिन्दु). |
| avisargam (अविसर्गम्) | accusative singular, masculine | without visarga (विसर्ग). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| akāram (अकारम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the letter a (अ). |
| japataḥ (जपतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one reciting. Recited japato (जपतो). |
| mahān (महान्) | nominative singular, masculine | great. |
| udeti (उदेति) | present | rises. |
| devi (देवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O Goddess. |
| sahasā (सहसा) | indeclinable | suddenly. |
| jñānaughaḥ (ज्ञानौघः) | nominative singular, masculine | a flood of knowing. |
| parameśvaraḥ (परमेश्वरः) | nominative singular, masculine | the supreme lord. Or it agrees with the flood. |
The phrases
Of one reciting the letter a (अ), without bindu (बिन्दु) and without visarga (विसर्ग), a great flood of knowing rises suddenly.
Sanskrit in this line
akāra (अकार) is the name of the letter a (अ), a (अ) plus the suffix kāra (कार), 'the making of a (अ).'
Say it back
Say which letter is recited, and what rises.