Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 108
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
निराधारं मनः कृत्वा विकल्पान् न विकल्पयेत् ।
तदात्मपरमात्मत्वे भैरवो मृगलोचने nirādhāraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā vikalpān na vikalpayet |
tadātmaparamātmatve bhairavo mṛgalocane
The line
Having made the mind without a support, one should not construct constructings. In being that self and the supreme self, O deer-eyed one, there is Bhairava (भैरव).
नेपालीमा
हे मृगनयने, मनलाई आड बिनाको बनाएर विकल्पहरूको विकल्प नगर। तदात्म र परमात्म भावमा भैरव हुन्।
Where it sits
The verse's na vikalpayet (न विकल्पयेत्) is addressed to constructings themselves. Bhairava (भैरव) is the nominative that stands in that state.
Split: nirādhāram (निराधारम्) + manaḥ (मनः) + kṛtvā (कृत्वा) + vikalpān (विकल्पान्) + na (न) + vikalpayet (विकल्पयेत्) + tadātmaparamātmatve (तदात्मपरमात्मत्वे) + bhairavaḥ (भैरवः) + mṛgalocane (मृगलोचने)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirādhāram (निराधारम्) | accusative singular, neuter | without a support. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | accusative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| vikalpān (विकल्पान्) | accusative plural, masculine | constructings. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | one should not construct. |
| vikalpayet (विकल्पयेत्) | optative causative | one should construct. |
| tadātmaparamātmatve (तदात्मपरमात्मत्वे) | locative singular, neuter | in the state of being that self and the supreme self. A locative of the abstract tva (त्व). |
| bhairavaḥ (भैरवः) | nominative singular, masculine | Bhairava (भैरव). Recited bhairavo (भैरवो). |
| mṛgalocane (मृगलोचने) | vocative singular, feminine | O deer-eyed one. |
The phrases
Having made the mind supportless, one should not construct constructings. In the state of being that self and the supreme self, there is Bhairava (भैरव).
Sanskrit in this line
tva (त्व) makes an abstract, and the locative tve (त्वे) puts the person in that abstract state.
Say it back
Say what one does not do, and who stands there.