Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 135
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
न मे बन्धो न मोक्षो मे भीतस्यैता विभीषिकाः ।
प्रतिबिम्बमिदं बुद्धेर् जलेष्विव विवस्वतः na me bandho na mokṣo me bhītasyaitā vibhīṣikāḥ |
pratibimbam idaṃ buddher jaleṣv iva vivasvataḥ
The line
Bondage is not mine. Liberation is not mine. These are the scare-figures of one who is afraid. This is a reflection of the intellect, as the sun is in water.
नेपालीमा
मेरो बन्धन होइन, मेरो मोक्ष होइन। यी डराएकोका तर्साउने रूप हुन्। यो बुद्धिको प्रतिबिम्ब हो, पानीमा सूर्य जस्तै।
Where it sits
The Śiva Sūtra (शिव सूत्र) said knowing is bondage. This verse says bondage and liberation are both not mine, and both are scare-figures. The reflection simile is the verse's account of what 'this' is.
Split: na (न) + me (मे) + bandhaḥ (बन्धः) + na (न) + mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) + me (मे) + bhītasya (भीतस्य) + etāḥ (एताः) + vibhīṣikāḥ (विभीषिकाः) + pratibimbam (प्रतिबिम्बम्) + idam (इदम्) + buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) + jaleṣu (जलेषु) + iva (इव) + vivasvataḥ (विवस्वतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | there is not. |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | bondage. Recited bandho (बन्धो). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | there is not. |
| mokṣaḥ (मोक्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | liberation. Recited mokṣo (मोक्षो). |
| me (मे) | genitive singular | of me. |
| bhītasya (भीतस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | of one who is afraid. Joined bhītasyaitāḥ (भीतस्यैताः). |
| etāḥ (एताः) | nominative plural, feminine | these. |
| vibhīṣikāḥ (विभीषिकाः) | nominative plural, feminine | scare-figures. The word of 13. |
| pratibimbam (प्रतिबिम्बम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a reflection. |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| buddheḥ (बुद्धेः) | genitive singular, feminine | of the intellect. Recited buddher (बुद्धेर्). |
| jaleṣu (जलेषु) | locative plural, neuter | in waters. Recited jaleṣv (जलेष्व्) before i (इ). |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like. |
| vivasvataḥ (विवस्वतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the sun. |
The phrases
The verse's na (न) says bondage is not mine and liberation is not mine. These are scare-figures of someone afraid. This is a reflection of the intellect, like the sun in water.
Sanskrit in this line
jaleṣu iva vivasvataḥ (जलेषु इव विवस्वतः) is the comparison: of the sun, in waters, like. The sun is reflected. It is not in the water as water.
Say it back
Say what the verse says is not mine.