Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 114
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
संकोचं कर्णयोः कृत्वा ह्यधोद्वारे तथैव च ।
अनच्कमहलं ध्यायन् विशेद् ब्रह्म सनातनम् saṃkocaṃ karṇayoḥ kṛtvā hy adhodvāre tathaiva ca |
anackam ahalaṃ dhyāyan viśed brahma sanātanam
The line
Having contracted the two ears, and likewise the lower door, meditating what is without a vowel and without ha (ह), one should enter the everlasting brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
नेपालीमा
दुवै कान खुम्च्याएर, त्यसै गरी तलको द्वार पनि, अनच्क र अहल ध्यान गर्दै सनातन ब्रह्ममा पस्नु।
Where it sits
The ears and the lower door are the verse's words. The sound meditated is anacka (अनच्क), which she asked about at the beginning, and ahala (अहल), without ha (ह). The page stays with the sentence.
Split: saṃkocam (संकोचम्) + karṇayoḥ (कर्णयोः) + kṛtvā (कृत्वा) + hi (हि) + adhodvāre (अधोद्वारे) + tathā (तथा) + eva (एव) + ca (च) + anackam (अनच्कम्) + ahalam (अहलम्) + dhyāyan (ध्यायन्) + viśet (विशेत्) + brahma (ब्रह्म) + sanātanam (सनातनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃkocam (संकोचम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a contraction. |
| karṇayoḥ (कर्णयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of the two ears. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| adhodvāre (अधोद्वारे) | locative singular, neuter | at the lower door. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| anackam (अनच्कम्) | accusative singular, neuter | the sound without a vowel. The word of 4. |
| ahalam (अहलम्) | accusative singular, neuter | without the letter ha (ह). |
| dhyāyan (ध्यायन्) | nominative singular, masculine | meditating. |
| viśet (विशेत्) | optative | one should enter. Recited viśed (विशेद्) before b (ब्). |
| brahma (ब्रह्म) | accusative singular, neuter | brahman (ब्रह्मन्). |
| sanātanam (सनातनम्) | accusative singular, neuter | everlasting. |
The phrases
Having made a contraction of the two ears, and so too at the lower door, meditating the sound without a vowel and without ha (ह), one should enter the everlasting brahman (ब्रह्मन्).
Sanskrit in this line
anacka (अनच्क) is without ac (अच्), a vowel. ahala (अहल) is without ha (ह). Both are privative compounds in a (अ).
Say it back
Say what is contracted, and what is entered.