Vijñāna Bhairava / Verses 111–138 (उपदेश) / 138
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
मानसं चेतना शक्तिरात्मा चेति चतुष्टयम् ।
यदा प्रिये परिक्षीणं तदा तद् भैरवं वपुः mānasaṃ cetanā śaktir ātmā ceti catuṣṭayam |
yadā priye parikṣīṇaṃ tadā tad bhairavaṃ vapuḥ
The line
The mental, awareness, śakti (शक्ति), and the self: thus a quartet. When it is completely thinned, O beloved, then that is the body of Bhairava (भैरव).
नेपालीमा
हे प्रिये, मानस, चेतना, शक्ति र आत्मा, यो चौकडी। जब यो पूरै क्षीण हुन्छ, तब त्यो भैरवको शरीर हो।
Where it sits
The teachings' last verse before the count. The four are not refused one by one. When the quartet is thinned, what remains is called Bhairava (भैरव)'s body. 139 counts what has been said.
Split: mānasam (मानसम्) + cetanā (चेतना) + śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) + ātmā (आत्मा) + ca (च) + iti (इति) + catuṣṭayam (चतुष्टयम्) + yadā (यदा) + priye (प्रिये) + parikṣīṇam (परिक्षीणम्) + tadā (तदा) + tat (तत्) + bhairavam (भैरवम्) + vapuḥ (वपुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mānasam (मानसम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the mental. |
| cetanā (चेतना) | nominative singular, feminine | awareness. |
| śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | śakti (शक्ति). Recited śaktir (शक्तिर्). |
| ātmā (आत्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | the self. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| catuṣṭayam (चतुष्टयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a quartet. |
| yadā (यदा) | indeclinable | when. |
| priye (प्रिये) | vocative singular, feminine | O beloved. |
| parikṣīṇam (परिक्षीणम्) | nominative singular, neuter | completely thinned. Agrees with catuṣṭayam (चतुष्टयम्). |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | that. |
| bhairavam (भैरवम्) | nominative singular, neuter | of Bhairava (भैरव). |
| vapuḥ (वपुः) | nominative singular, neuter | the body. |
The phrases
Mind, awareness, śakti (शक्ति), and the self: this is a quartet. When it is completely thinned, O beloved, then that is the body of Bhairava (भैरव).
Sanskrit in this line
catuṣṭaya (चतुष्टय) is a set of four, from catur (चतुर्). parikṣīṇa (परिक्षीण) is kṣīṇa (क्षीण) with pari (परि), thinned all the way.
Say it back
Name the four, and what the quartet is when it is thinned.