Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 127
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
यदवेद्यं यदग्राह्यं यच् छून्यं यदभावगम् ।
तत् सर्वम् भैरवम् भाव्यं तदन्ते बोधसम्भवः yad avedyaṃ yad agrāhyaṃ yac chūnyaṃ yad abhāvagam |
tat sarvam bhairavam bhāvyaṃ tadante bodhasambhavaḥ
The line
What is not to be known, what is not to be grasped, what is void, what has gone to non-being: all that is to be contemplated as Bhairava (भैरव). At the end of that, the arising of awakening.
नेपालीमा
जान्न नसकिने, समात्न नसकिने, शून्य, अभावमा गएको, त्यो सबै भैरव भनेर सम्झनुपर्छ। त्यसको अन्त्यमा बोध उब्जिन्छ।
Where it sits
The four are not dismissed. They are what is to be contemplated as Bhairava (भैरव).
Split: yat (यत्) + avedyam (अवेद्यम्) + yat (यत्) + agrāhyam (अग्राह्यम्) + yat (यत्) + śūnyam (शून्यम्) + yat (यत्) + abhāvagam (अभावगम्) + tat (तत्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + bhairavam (भैरवम्) + bhāvyam (भाव्यम्) + tadante (तदन्ते) + bodhasambhavaḥ (बोधसम्भवः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | what. |
| avedyam (अवेद्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | not to be known. Gerundive of vid (विद्) with a (अ). |
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | what. |
| agrāhyam (अग्राह्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | not to be grasped. |
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | what. Recited yac (यच्) before ś (श्). |
| śūnyam (शून्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | void. |
| yat (यत्) | nominative singular, neuter | what. |
| abhāvagam (अभावगम्) | nominative singular, neuter | gone to non-being. abhāva (अभाव) is absence. ga (ग) is going. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | all. |
| bhairavam (भैरवम्) | accusative or nominative | as Bhairava (भैरव). |
| bhāvyam (भाव्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | to be contemplated. Gerundive. |
| tadante (तदन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end of that. |
| bodhasambhavaḥ (बोधसम्भवः) | nominative singular, masculine | the arising of awakening. bodha (बोध) is awakening. sambhava (सम्भव) is an arising. |
The phrases
Four relatives name what is not to be known, not to be grasped, void, and gone to absence. All that is to be contemplated as Bhairava (भैरव). At the end, awakening arises.
Sanskrit in this line
bhāvya (भाव्य) is the gerundive of the causative of bhū (भू). It agrees with tat sarvam (तत् सर्वम्).
Say it back
Name the four, and what arises at their end.