Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 137
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
ज्ञानप्रकाशकं सर्वं सर्वेणात्मा प्रकाशकः ।
एकमेकस्वभावत्वात् ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं विभाव्यते jñānaprakāśakaṃ sarvaṃ sarveṇātmā prakāśakaḥ |
ekam ekasvabhāvatvāt jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ vibhāvyate
The line
Everything is what knowing illuminates. The self is the illuminator, by everything. Because they have one nature, knowing and the known are contemplated as one.
नेपालीमा
सबै ज्ञानले प्रकाशित हुन्छ। आत्माले सबै प्रकाशित गर्छ। एउटै स्वभाव भएकाले ज्ञान र ज्ञेय एकै रूपमा सम्झिन्छन्।
Where it sits
The pair knowing and known becomes one. That is the verse's claim, from ekasvabhāvatvāt (एकस्वभावत्वात्).
Split: jñānaprakāśakam (ज्ञानप्रकाशकम्) + sarvam (सर्वम्) + sarveṇa (सर्वेण) + ātmā (आत्मा) + prakāśakaḥ (प्रकाशकः) + ekam (एकम्) + ekasvabhāvatvāt (एकस्वभावत्वात्) + jñānam (ज्ञानम्) + jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) + vibhāvyate (विभाव्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jñānaprakāśakam (ज्ञानप्रकाशकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | illuminated by knowing. |
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | everything. |
| sarveṇa (सर्वेण) | instrumental singular, neuter | by everything. Joined sarveṇātmā (सर्वेणात्मा). |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self. |
| prakāśakaḥ (प्रकाशकः) | nominative singular, masculine | the illuminator. |
| ekam (एकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | one. |
| ekasvabhāvatvāt (एकस्वभावत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of having one nature. |
| jñānam (ज्ञानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | knowing. |
| jñeyam (ज्ञेयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the to-be-known. |
| vibhāvyate (विभाव्यते) | present passive | is contemplated. |
The phrases
Everything is illuminated by knowing. The self is the illuminator of everything. Because of one nature, knowing and the known are contemplated as one.
Sanskrit in this line
jñeya (ज्ञेय) is the gerundive of jñā (ज्ञा), what is to be known. It stands beside jñānam (ज्ञानम्) as the second nominative.
Say it back
Say what two are contemplated as one.