Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 97
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
यदा ममेच्छा नोत्पन्ना ज्ञानं वा कस् तदास्मि वै ।
तत्त्वतोऽहं तथाभूतस् तल्लीनस् तन्मना भवेत् yadā mamecchā notpannā jñānaṃ vā kas tadāsmi vai |
tattvato 'haṃ tathābhūtas tallīnas tanmanā bhavet
The line
When my wish has not arisen, nor knowing, who am I then? In reality I, being thus, dissolved in that, would become one whose mind is that.
नेपालीमा
जब मेरो इच्छा उठेको हुँदैन, ज्ञान पनि हुँदैन, तब म को हुँ? वास्तवमा म त्यस्तै भएर त्यसमै लीन, तन्मय हुन्छु।
Where it sits
The electronic text prints a broken character before ham (हम्). The line is tattvato 'ham (तत्त्वतोऽहम्), in reality I. The question kas tadāsmi (कस् तदास्मि) is the verse's own: who am I then.
Split: yadā (यदा) + mama (मम) + icchā (इच्छा) + na (न) + utpannā (उत्पन्ना) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्) + vā (वा) + kaḥ (कः) + tadā (तदा) + asmi (अस्मि) + vai (वै) + tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) + aham (अहम्) + tathābhūtaḥ (तथाभूतः) + tallīnaḥ (तल्लीनः) + tanmanāḥ (तन्मनाः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when. |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | my. |
| icchā (इच्छा) | nominative singular, feminine | wish. Joined mamecchā (ममेच्छा). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | has not. |
| utpannā (उत्पन्ना) | nominative singular, feminine | arisen. |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowing. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| kaḥ (कः) | nominative singular, masculine | who? Recited kas (क) before t (त्). |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
| asmi (अस्मि) | present, first person singular | I am. |
| vai (वै) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) | adverb in tas (त) | in reality. Recited tattvato (तत्त्वतो) before the avagraha. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| tathābhūtaḥ (तथाभूतः) | nominative singular, masculine | being thus. Recited tathābhūtas (तथाभूत). |
| tallīnaḥ (तल्लीनः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolved in that. Recited tallīnas (तल्लीन). |
| tanmanāḥ (तन्मनाः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is that. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
When my wish has not arisen, or knowing, who am I then? In reality, I, being thus, dissolved in that, would become one whose mind is that.
Sanskrit in this line
asmi (अस्मि) is the first person of as (अस्), to be. kaḥ tadā asmi (कः तदा अस्मि) is a question the speaker asks about himself.
Say it back
Say the question, in the verse's kaḥ asmi (कः अस्मि).