Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 122
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
वस्त्वन्तरे वेद्यमाने सर्ववस्तुषु शून्यता ।
तामेव मनसा ध्यात्वा विदितोऽपि प्रशाम्यति vastvantare vedyamāne sarvavastuṣu śūnyatā |
tām eva manasā dhyātvā vidito 'pi praśāmyati
The line
When another thing is being known, there is voidness in all things. Having meditated that itself by the mind, even what is known grows quiet.
नेपालीमा
अर्को वस्तु जानिँदा सबै वस्तुमा शून्यता छ। त्यसैलाई मनले ध्यान गर्दा जानिएको पनि शान्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The other thing is still known. The verse puts voidness in all things at that moment, and then the known grows quiet.
Split: vastvantare (वस्त्वन्तरे) + vedyamāne (वेद्यमाने) + sarvavastuṣu (सर्ववस्तुषु) + śūnyatā (शून्यता) + tām (ताम्) + eva (एव) + manasā (मनसा) + dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) + viditaḥ (विदितः) + api (अपि) + praśāmyati (प्रशाम्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vastvantare (वस्त्वन्तरे) | locative singular, neuter | when another thing… |
| vedyamāne (वेद्यमाने) | locative singular, neuter | is being known. Locative absolute. |
| sarvavastuṣu (सर्ववस्तुषु) | locative plural, neuter | in all things. |
| śūnyatā (शून्यता) | nominative singular, feminine | voidness. |
| tām (ताम्) | accusative singular, feminine | her, that voidness. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| manasā (मनसा) | instrumental singular, neuter | by the mind. |
| dhyātvā (ध्यात्वा) | absolutive | having meditated. |
| viditaḥ (विदितः) | nominative singular, masculine | one who is known, or the known. Recited vidito (विदितो) before the avagraha. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| praśāmyati (प्रशाम्यति) | present | grows quiet. |
The phrases
When another thing is being known, there is voidness in all things. Having meditated that itself by the mind, even the known grows quiet.
Sanskrit in this line
vedyamāna (वेद्यमान) is the passive participle of vid (विद्), being known. With vastvantare (वस्त्वन्तरे) it is a locative absolute.
Say it back
Say what grows quiet.