Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 92
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
व्योमाकारं स्वमात्मानं ध्यायेद् दिग्भिरनावृतम् ।
निराश्रया चितिः शक्तिः स्वरूपं दर्शयेत् तदा vyomākāraṃ svam ātmānaṃ dhyāyed digbhir anāvṛtam |
nirāśrayā citiḥ śaktiḥ svarūpaṃ darśayet tadā
The line
One should meditate one's own self as having the form of the sky, uncovered by the directions. Then supportless awareness, śakti (शक्ति), should show one's own form.
नेपालीमा
आफ्नो आत्मालाई दिशाहरूले नछोपिएको व्योम रूप ध्यान गर्नु। तब निराश्रय चिति शक्तिले स्वरूप देखाउँछिन्।
Where it sits
Directions were what 14 said she is free of. Here the self is uncovered by them.
Split: vyomākāram (व्योमाकारम्) + svam (स्वम्) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + dhyāyet (ध्यायेत्) + digbhiḥ (दिग्भिः) + anāvṛtam (अनावृतम्) + nirāśrayā (निराश्रया) + citiḥ (चितिः) + śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) + svarūpam (स्वरूपम्) + darśayet (दर्शयेत्) + tadā (तदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyomākāram (व्योमाकारम्) | accusative singular, masculine | whose form is the sky. |
| svam (स्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine | one's own. |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. |
| dhyāyet (ध्यायेत्) | optative | one should meditate. Recited dhyāyed (ध्यायेद्) before d (द्). |
| digbhiḥ (दिग्भिः) | instrumental plural, feminine | by the directions. Recited digbhir (दिग्भिर्). |
| anāvṛtam (अनावृतम्) | accusative singular, masculine | uncovered. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| nirāśrayā (निराश्रया) | nominative singular, feminine | without a support. |
| citiḥ (चितिः) | nominative singular, feminine | awareness. |
| śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | śakti (शक्ति). |
| svarūpam (स्वरूपम्) | accusative singular, neuter | one's own form. |
| darśayet (दर्शयेत्) | optative causative | she should show. |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
The phrases
One should meditate one's own self as sky-formed, uncovered by the directions. Then awareness, śakti (शक्ति), without a support, should show one's own form.
Sanskrit in this line
digbhiḥ (दिग्भिः) is the instrumental plural of diś (दिश्). anāvṛtam (अनावृतम्) agrees with the self, not with the directions.
Say it back
Say what form the self is meditated in.