Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 103
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
न चित्तं निक्षिपेद् दुःखे न सुखे वा परिक्षिपेत् ।
भैरवि ज्ञायतां मध्ये किं तत्त्वमवशिष्यते na cittaṃ nikṣiped duḥkhe na sukhe vā parikṣipet |
bhairavi jñāyatāṃ madhye kiṃ tattvam avaśiṣyate
The line
One should not cast the mind into pain, nor cast it into joy. O Bhairavī (भैरवी), let it be known: in the middle, what reality remains?
नेपालीमा
हे भैरवी, चित्त दुःखमा नराख, सुखमा पनि नराख। बीचमा कुन तत्त्व रहन्छ, त्यो जानियोस्।
Where it sits
Pain and joy are both places the mind is not cast. The question is what remains in the middle.
Split: na (न) + cittam (चित्तम्) + nikṣipet (निक्षिपेत्) + duḥkhe (दुःखे) + na (न) + sukhe (सुखे) + vā (वा) + parikṣipet (परिक्षिपेत्) + bhairavi (भैरवि) + jñāyatām (ज्ञायताम्) + madhye (मध्ये) + kim (किम्) + tattvam (तत्त्वम्) + avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | one should not cast. |
| cittam (चित्तम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| nikṣipet (निक्षिपेत्) | optative | one should cast down. |
| duḥkhe (दुःखे) | locative singular, neuter | in pain. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | one should not cast. |
| sukhe (सुखे) | locative singular, neuter | in joy. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| parikṣipet (परिक्षिपेत्) | optative | one should cast around. |
| bhairavi (भैरवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O Bhairavī (भैरवी). |
| jñāyatām (ज्ञायताम्) | imperative passive, third person singular | let it be known. |
| madhye (मध्ये) | locative singular, neuter | in the middle. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? |
| tattvam (तत्त्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | reality. |
| avaśiṣyate (अवशिष्यते) | present passive | remains. |
The phrases
The verse's na (न) holds the mind out of pain and out of joy. The imperative jñāyatām (ज्ञायताम्) asks: in the middle, let it be known what reality remains.
Sanskrit in this line
jñāyatām (ज्ञायताम्) is the passive imperative of jñā (ज्ञा). The agent is left unnamed: let it be known.
Say it back
Say the two places the mind is not cast, and the question that follows.