Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 113
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
सम्प्रदायमिमं देवि शृणु सम्यग् वदाम्यहम् ।
कैवल्यं जायते सद्यो नेत्रयोः स्तब्धमात्रयोः sampradāyam imaṃ devi śṛṇu samyag vadāmy aham |
kaivalyaṃ jāyate sadyo netrayoḥ stabdhamātrayoḥ
The line
Hear this teaching, O Goddess. I say it fully. Aloneness is born at once when the two eyes are merely steady.
नेपालीमा
हे देवी, यो सम्प्रदाय सुन। म राम्ररी भन्छु। दुवै आँखा केवल स्थिर हुँदा तुरुन्त कैवल्य जन्मिन्छ।
Where it sits
He marks a teaching as sampradāya (सम्प्रदाय), something handed down. The condition is the dual: both eyes, merely steady. kaivalya (कैवल्य) is the word the Yoga Sūtra (योग सूत्र) uses for the end.
Split: sampradāyam (सम्प्रदायम्) + imam (इमम्) + devi (देवि) + śṛṇu (शृणु) + samyak (सम्यक्) + vadāmi (वदामि) + aham (अहम्) + kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) + jāyate (जायते) + sadyaḥ (सद्यः) + netrayoḥ (नेत्रयोः) + stabdhamātrayoḥ (स्तब्धमात्रयोः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sampradāyam (सम्प्रदायम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the tradition, the teaching handed down. |
| imam (इमम्) | accusative singular, masculine | this. |
| devi (देवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O Goddess. |
| śṛṇu (शृणु) | imperative, second person singular | hear. |
| samyak (सम्यक्) | indeclinable | fully. |
| vadāmi (वदामि) | present, first person singular | I say. |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| kaivalyam (कैवल्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | aloneness. The same fruit the Yoga Sūtra (योग सूत्र) names. |
| jāyate (जायते) | present | is born. |
| sadyaḥ (सद्यः) | indeclinable | at once. Recited sadyo (सद्यो). |
| netrayoḥ (नेत्रयोः) | locative dual, neuter | in the two eyes. A dual locative oḥ (ओः). |
| stabdhamātrayoḥ (स्तब्धमात्रयोः) | locative dual, neuter | in the two that are merely steady. Agrees with netrayoḥ (नेत्रयोः). |
The phrases
Hear this teaching, he says. Aloneness is born at once in the two eyes, when the two are merely steady.
Sanskrit in this line
A dual locative oḥ (ओः) covers both eyes in one ending. mātra (मात्र) limits stabdha (स्तब्ध): merely steady, and nothing further is added.
Say it back
Say what is born, and in what.