Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 91
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
वर्णस्य सविसर्गस्य विसर्गान्तं चितिं कुरु ।
निराधारेण चित्तेन स्पृशेद् ब्रह्म सनातनम् varṇasya savisargasya visargāntaṃ citiṃ kuru |
nirādhāreṇa cittena spṛśed brahma sanātanam
The line
Of a letter that has a visarga (विसर्ग), make awareness the end of the visarga (विसर्ग). By a supportless mind one would touch the everlasting brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
विसर्ग भएको वर्णको विसर्गको अन्त्यमा चिति बनाऊ। आड नभएको चित्तले सनातन ब्रह्मलाई छुन्छ।
Where it sits
90 recited a (अ) without visarga (विसर्ग). This verse uses a letter that has one, and puts awareness at its end.
Split: varṇasya (वर्णस्य) + savisargasya (सविसर्गस्य) + visargāntam (विसर्गान्तम्) + citim (चितिम्) + kuru (कुरु) + nirādhāreṇa (निराधारेण) + cittena (चित्तेन) + spṛśet (स्पृशेत्) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + sanātanam (सनातनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| varṇasya (वर्णस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of a letter. |
| savisargasya (सविसर्गस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one that has a visarga (विसर्ग). |
| visargāntam (विसर्गान्तम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the end of the visarga (विसर्ग). |
| citim (चितिम्) | accusative singular, feminine | awareness. |
| kuru (कुरु) | imperative, second person singular | make. |
| nirādhāreṇa (निराधारेण) | instrumental singular, neuter | by a supportless one. Agrees with cittena (चित्तेन). |
| cittena (चित्तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by the mind. |
| spṛśet (स्पृशेत्) | optative, third person singular | one should touch. Recited spṛśed (स्पृशेद्) before b (ब्). |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | accusative singular, neuter | brahman (ब्रह्मन्). |
| sanātanam (सनातनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | ancient, everlasting. |
The phrases
The imperative kuru (कुरु) makes awareness into the end of a letter's visarga (विसर्ग). By a supportless mind, one would touch the everlasting brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
Sanskrit in this line
kuru (कुरु) is the same imperative as in 7. She had asked him to make grace. He now says make awareness.
Say it back
Say what awareness is made into.