Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 121
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
भक्त्युद्रेकाद् विरक्तस्य यादृशी जायते मतिः ।
सा शक्तिः शाङ्करी नित्यम् भवयेत् तां ततः शिवः bhaktyudrekād viraktasya yādṛśī jāyate matiḥ |
sā śaktiḥ śāṅkarī nityam bhavayet tāṃ tataḥ śivaḥ
The line
From a surge of devotion, of one who is dispassionate, the kind of mind that is born: that is the śakti (शक्ति) of Śaṅkara (शङ्कर). One should contemplate her constantly. Then one is Śiva (शिव).
नेपालीमा
भक्तिको उद्रेकले विरक्तको जस्तो मति जन्मिन्छ, त्यही शाङ्करी शक्ति हो। उहाँलाई नित्य सम्झनु। तब ऊ शिव हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Devotion and dispassion are together in one genitive and one ablative. The mind they produce is called śakti (शक्ति).
Split: bhaktyudrekāt (भक्त्युद्रेकात्) + viraktasya (विरक्तस्य) + yādṛśī (यादृशी) + jāyate (जायते) + matiḥ (मतिः) + sā (सा) + śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) + śāṅkarī (शाङ्करी) + nityam (नित्यम्) + bhavayet (भवयेत्) + tām (ताम्) + tataḥ (ततः) + śivaḥ (शिवः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhaktyudrekāt (भक्त्युद्रेकात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from a surge of devotion. Recited bhaktyudrekād (भक्त्युद्रेकाद्). |
| viraktasya (विरक्तस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who is dispassionate. |
| yādṛśī (यादृशी) | nominative singular, feminine | of which kind. |
| jāyate (जायते) | present | is born. |
| matiḥ (मतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | a mind, a thought. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular, feminine | that. |
| śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | śakti (शक्ति). |
| śāṅkarī (शाङ्करी) | nominative singular, feminine | belonging to Śaṅkara (शङ्कर). vṛddhi (वृद्धि) of śaṅkara (शङ्कर). |
| nityam (नित्यम्) | indeclinable | constantly. |
| bhavayet (भवयेत्) | optative causative | one should bring into being, contemplate. |
| tām (ताम्) | accusative singular, feminine | her. |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| śivaḥ (शिवः) | nominative singular, masculine | Śiva (शिव). |
The phrases
The kind of mind born from a surge of devotion, of one who is dispassionate: that is śakti (शक्ति) belonging to Śaṅkara (शङ्कर). One should contemplate her constantly. Then, Śiva (शिव).
Sanskrit in this line
śāṅkarī (शाङ्करी) is the feminine of śāṅkara (शाङ्कर), 'of Śaṅkara (शङ्कर).' vṛddhi (वृद्धि) of the first vowel marks the belonging.
Say it back
Say what that mind is called.