Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 123
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
किंचिज्ज्ञैर् या स्मृता शुद्धिः सा शुद्धिः शम्भुदर्शने ।
न शुचिर् ह्यशुचिस् तस्मान् निर्विकल्पः सुखी भवेत् kiṃcijjñair yā smṛtā śuddhiḥ sā śuddhiḥ śambhudarśane |
na śucir hy aśucis tasmān nirvikalpaḥ sukhī bhavet
The line
The purity remembered by those who know a little is purity in the seeing of Śambhu (शम्भु). There is no pure, indeed, and no impure. Therefore one free of constructing would become joyful.
नेपालीमा
अल्पज्ञानीले जुन शुद्धिलाई सम्झन्छन्, शम्भुको दर्शनमा त्यही शुद्धि हो। शुचि पनि छैन, अशुचि पनि छैन। त्यसैले निर्विकल्प सुखी हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's na śuciḥ (न शुचिः) and aśuciḥ (अशुचिः) refuse the pair. Purity, in this line, is Śambhu (शम्भु)'s seeing.
Split: kiṃcijjñaiḥ (किंचिज्ज्ञैः) + yā (या) + smṛtā (स्मृता) + śuddhiḥ (शुद्धिः) + sā (सा) + śuddhiḥ (शुद्धिः) + śambhudarśane (शम्भुदर्शने) + na (न) + śuciḥ (शुचिः) + hi (हि) + aśuciḥ (अशुचिः) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) + sukhī (सुखी) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kiṃcijjñaiḥ (किंचिज्ज्ञैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by those who know a little. Recited kiṃcijjñair (किंचिज्ज्ञैर्). |
| yā (या) | nominative singular, feminine | which. |
| smṛtā (स्मृता) | nominative singular, feminine | is remembered. |
| śuddhiḥ (शुद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | purity. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular, feminine | that. |
| śuddhiḥ (शुद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | purity. |
| śambhudarśane (शम्भुदर्शने) | locative singular, neuter | in the seeing of Śambhu (शम्भु). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | there is not. |
| śuciḥ (शुचिः) | nominative singular | the pure. Recited śucir (शुचिर्) before h (ह्). |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| aśuciḥ (अशुचिः) | nominative singular | the impure. Recited aśucis (अशुचि) before t (त्). |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | therefore. Recited tasmān (तस्मान्) before n (न्). |
| nirvikalpaḥ (निर्विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | one free of vikalpa (विकल्प). |
| sukhī (सुखी) | nominative singular, masculine | one who has joy. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
What those who know a little remember as purity, that is purity in Śambhu (शम्भु)'s seeing. The verse's na (न) says there is no pure and no impure. Therefore one free of constructing would become joyful.
Sanskrit in this line
kiṃcijjña (किंचिज्ज्ञ) is one who knows a little, the same kiñcit jñātam (किञ्चित् ज्ञातम्) of 86, which gave duality.
Say it back
Say what the verse does with pure and impure, in its own na (न).