Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 136

136

इन्द्रियद्वारकं सर्वं सुखदुःखादिसंगमम् ।
इतीन्द्रियाणि संत्यज्य स्वस्थः स्वात्मनि वर्तते indriyadvārakaṃ sarvaṃ sukhaduḥkhādisaṃgamam |
itīndriyāṇi saṃtyajya svasthaḥ svātmani vartate

The line

Every meeting with joy, pain, and the rest has the senses as its door. Thus, having left the senses, one who stands in himself dwells in his own self.

नेपालीमा

सुख, दुःख आदिको हरेक सङ्गमको ढोका इन्द्रिय हो। यसरी इन्द्रिय छाडेर स्वस्थ भई आफ्नै आत्मामा बस्छ।

Where it sits

The senses are the door of the meeting. Leaving them is the verse's saṃtyajya (संत्यज्य). Dwelling is svātmani (स्वात्मनि).

Split: indriyadvārakam (इन्द्रियद्वारकम्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + sukhaduḥkhādisaṃgamam (सुखदुःखादिसंगमम्) + iti (इति) + indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि) + saṃtyajya (संत्यज्य) + svasthaḥ (स्वस्थः) + svātmani (स्वात्मनि) + vartate (वर्तते)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
indriyadvārakam (इन्द्रियद्वारकम्)	nominative singular, neuter	having the senses as its door.
sarvam (सर्वम्)	nominative singular, neuter	all.
sukhaduḥkhādisaṃgamam (सुखदुःखादिसंगमम्)	nominative singular, neuter	the meeting with joy, pain, and the rest.
iti (इति)	indeclinable	thus. Joined itīndriyāṇi (इतीन्द्रियाणि).
indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि)	accusative plural, neuter	the senses.
saṃtyajya (संत्यज्य)	absolutive	having left completely.
svasthaḥ (स्वस्थः)	nominative singular, masculine	standing in oneself.
svātmani (स्वात्मनि)	locative singular, masculine	in one's own self.
vartate (वर्तते)	present, third person singular	one dwells. From vṛt (वृत्).

The phrases

All meeting with joy, pain, and the rest has the senses as its door. Thus, having left the senses, one stands in oneself and dwells in one's own self.

Sanskrit in this line

iti (इति) plus indriyāṇi (इन्द्रियाणि) becomes itīndriyāṇi (इतीन्द्रियाणि). i (इ) plus i (इ) becomes long ī (ई).

Say it back

Say what the senses are, in the verse's image, and where one dwells.