Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 129
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
यत्र यत्र मनो याति तत् तत् तेनैव तत्क्षणम् ।
परित्यज्यानवस्थित्या निस्तरङ्गस् ततो भवेत् yatra yatra mano yāti tat tat tenaiva tatkṣaṇam |
parityajyānavasthityā nistaraṅgas tato bhavet
The line
Wherever the mind goes, that and that, by that itself, at that moment, having left it, by not resting one would then become waveless.
नेपालीमा
मन जहाँ जान्छ, त्यसै क्षण त्यही छोडेर, नअडिई, तरङ्गरहित हुन्छ।
Where it sits
116 said the state of Śiva (शिव) is wherever the mind goes. This verse says: leave that very thing at that moment, and become waveless. Verse 139 will call the teachings waveless.
Split: yatra (यत्र) + yatra (यत्र) + manaḥ (मनः) + yāti (याति) + tat (तत्) + tat (तत्) + tena (तेन) + eva (एव) + tatkṣaṇam (तत्क्षणम्) + parityajya (परित्यज्य) + anavasthityā (अनवस्थित्या) + nistaraṅgaḥ (निस्तरङ्गः) + tataḥ (ततः) + bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular, neuter | the mind. |
| yāti (याति) | present | goes. |
| tat (तत्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. |
| tat (तत्) | accusative singular, neuter | that. |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular, neuter | by that. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | itself. |
| tatkṣaṇam (तत्क्षणम्) | accusative of time | at that moment. |
| parityajya (परित्यज्य) | absolutive | having left completely. Joined parityajyānavasthityā (परित्यज्यानवस्थित्या). |
| anavasthityā (अनवस्थित्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by not resting. avasthiti (अवस्थिति) is a settled standing. an (अन्) takes it away. |
| nistaraṅgaḥ (निस्तरङ्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | waveless. Recited nistaraṅgas (निस्तरङ्ग) before t (त्). |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | one would become. |
The phrases
Wherever the mind goes, that very thing, at that moment, having left it, by not resting one would then become waveless.
Sanskrit in this line
anavasthiti (अनवस्थिति) is a privative abstract. The instrumental is the manner of the leaving.
Say it back
Say how soon the thing is left.