Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 99
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
निर्निमित्तम् भवेज् ज्ञानं निराधारम् भ्रमात्मकम् ।
तत्त्वतः कस्यचिन् नैतदेवम्भावी शिवः प्रिये nirnimittam bhavej jñānaṃ nirādhāram bhramātmakam |
tattvataḥ kasyacin naitad evambhāvī śivaḥ priye
The line
Knowing would be without a cause, without a support, wandering in nature. In reality this is no one's. One whose being is thus is Śiva (शिव), O beloved.
नेपालीमा
हे प्रिये, ज्ञान निमित्त बिना, आड बिना, भ्रम स्वभावको हुन्छ। वास्तवमा यो कसैको होइन। यस्तो भाव भएका शिव हुन्।
Where it sits
The verse's na (न) says this knowing is no one's. The one whose state is thus is called Śiva (शिव).
Split: nirnimittam (निर्निमित्तम्) + bhavet (भवेत्) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्) + nirādhāram (निराधारम्) + bhramātmakam (भ्रमात्मकम्) + tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) + kasya (कस्य) + cit (चित्) + na (न) + etat (एतत्) + evambhāvī (एवम्भावी) + śivaḥ (शिवः) + priye (प्रिये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirnimittam (निर्निमित्तम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without a cause. nimitta (निमित्त) is a cause. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | it would be. Recited bhavej (भवेज्) before j (ज्). |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowing. |
| nirādhāram (निराधारम्) | nominative singular, neuter | without a support. |
| bhramātmakam (भ्रमात्मकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | whose nature is wandering. |
| tattvataḥ (तत्त्वतः) | adverb in tas (त) | in reality. |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of anyone. |
| cit (चित्) | nominative singular, neuter | anything. With the na (न), it is na etad (न एतद्). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | this is not. |
| etat (एतत्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| evambhāvī (एवम्भावी) | nominative singular, masculine | one whose state is thus. |
| śivaḥ (शिवः) | nominative singular, masculine | Śiva (शिव). |
| priye (प्रिये) | vocative singular, feminine | O beloved. |
The phrases
A knowing without cause, without support, whose nature is wandering: in reality this belongs to no one. One whose state is thus is Śiva (शिव), beloved.
Sanskrit in this line
kasyacit (कस्यचित्) is the indefinite genitive, anyone's. na etad (न एतद्) refuses the ownership.
Say it back
Say whose the knowing is, in the verse's na (न).