Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 98
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
इच्छायामथवा ज्ञाने जाते चित्तं निवेशयेत् ।
आत्मबुद्ध्यानन्यचेतास् ततस् तत्त्वार्थदर्शनम् icchāyām athavā jñāne jāte cittaṃ niveśayet |
ātmabuddhyānanyacetās tatas tattvārthadarśanam
The line
When a wish, or else a knowing, has been born, one should settle the mind there. By the thought of the self, the mind on nothing else, there is then a seeing of the meaning of reality.
नेपालीमा
इच्छा वा ज्ञान जन्मिँदा त्यहाँ चित्त राख्नु। आत्मबुद्धिले, अर्कोतिर मन नलगाई, तत्त्वको अर्थ देखिन्छ।
Where it sits
97 asked who I am when wish and knowing have not arisen. This verse uses the moment they have.
Split: icchāyām (इच्छायाम्) + athavā (अथवा) + jñāne (ज्ञाने) + jāte (जाते) + cittam (चित्तम्) + niveśayet (निवेशयेत्) + ātmabuddhyā (आत्मबुद्ध्या) + ananyacetāḥ (अनन्यचेताः) + tataḥ (ततः) + tattvārthadarśanam (तत्त्वार्थदर्शनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| icchāyām (इच्छायाम्) | locative singular, feminine | when a wish… |
| athavā (अथवा) | indeclinable | or else. |
| jñāne (ज्ञाने) | locative singular, neuter | when a knowing… |
| jāte (जाते) | locative singular | has been born. Agrees with either locative. |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| niveśayet (निवेशयेत्) | optative causative | one should cause to enter. |
| ātmabuddhyā (आत्मबुद्ध्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by the thought of the self. |
| ananyacetāḥ (अनन्यचेताः) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose mind is on nothing else. Recited cetās (चेतास्) before t (त्). |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| tattvārthadarśanam (तत्त्वार्थदर्शनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a seeing of the meaning of reality. |
The phrases
When a wish or a knowing has been born, one should enter the mind there, by the thought of the self, the mind on nothing else. Then there is a seeing of reality's meaning.
Sanskrit in this line
The locative absolute jāte (जाते) can agree with icchāyām (इच्छायाम्) or with jñāne (ज्ञाने). athavā (अथवा) offers the second.
Say it back
Say what is seen.