Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 81–110 (उपदेश) / 110
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
जलस्येवोर्मयो वह्नेर् ज्वालाभङ्ग्यः प्रभा रवेः ।
ममैव भैरवस्यैता विश्वभङ्ग्यो विभेदिताः jalasyevormayo vahner jvālābhaṅgyaḥ prabhā raveḥ |
mamaiva bhairavasyaitā viśvabhaṅgyo vibheditāḥ
The line
Like waves of water, like the tongues of fire, like the rays of the sun: these differentiated modes of the universe are of me myself, of Bhairava (भैरव).
नेपालीमा
पानीका छाल जस्तै, आगोका ज्वाला जस्तै, सूर्यका किरण जस्तै। विश्वका यी छुट्टिएका भङ्गी मेरै हुन्, भैरवका।
Where it sits
Three similes, one owner. The universe's modes are said to belong to Bhairava (भैरव), and the speaker says mama (मम), mine.
Split: jalasya (जलस्य) + iva (इव) + ūrmayaḥ (ऊर्मयः) + vahneḥ (वह्नेः) + jvālābhaṅgyaḥ (ज्वालाभङ्ग्यः) + prabhāḥ (प्रभाः) + raveḥ (रवेः) + mama (मम) + eva (एव) + bhairavasya (भैरवस्य) + etāḥ (एताः) + viśvabhaṅgyaḥ (विश्वभङ्ग्यः) + vibheditāḥ (विभेदिताः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jalasya (जलस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of water. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like. Joined jalasyevormayaḥ (जलस्येवोर्मयः). |
| ūrmayaḥ (ऊर्मयः) | nominative plural, masculine | waves. |
| vahneḥ (वह्नेः) | genitive singular, masculine | of fire. |
| jvālābhaṅgyaḥ (ज्वालाभङ्ग्यः) | nominative plural, feminine | the breakings of flame, the tongues of flame. bhaṅgī (भङ्गी) is a bend, a mode. |
| prabhāḥ (प्रभाः) | nominative plural, feminine | rays. The text prints prabhā (प्रभा). |
| raveḥ (रवेः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the sun. |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | of me. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | myself. Joined mamaiva (ममैव). |
| bhairavasya (भैरवस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of Bhairava (भैरव). Joined bhairavasyaitāḥ (भैरवस्यैताः). |
| etāḥ (एताः) | nominative plural, feminine | these. |
| viśvabhaṅgyaḥ (विश्वभङ्ग्यः) | nominative plural, feminine | the modes of the universe. Recited viśvabhaṅgyo (विश्वभङ्ग्यो). |
| vibheditāḥ (विभेदिताः) | nominative plural, feminine | differentiated, made various. |
The phrases
As waves of water, as tongues of fire, as rays of the sun, these modes of the universe, differentiated, are of me myself, of Bhairava (भैरव).
Sanskrit in this line
iva (इव) is the comparison word. It follows jalasya (जलस्य): of water, like. The waves are what is like the water's waves.
Say it back
Give the three similes and say whose the modes are.