Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 142
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
जीवन्नपि विमुक्तोऽसौ कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ।
इदं यदि वपुर् देव परायाश् च महेश्वर jīvann api vimukto 'sau kurvann api na lipyate |
idaṃ yadi vapur deva parāyāś ca maheśvara
The line
Even while living, he is freed. Even while doing, he is not stained. If this is the body, O god, and of the supreme Goddess, O great lord…
नेपालीमा
बाँचिरहँदा पनि उनी मुक्त छन्। गर्दागर्दै पनि लिप्त हुँदैनन्। हे देव, हे महेश्वर, यदि यो शरीर हो, र पराको पनि हो भने…
Where it sits
śrī devī uvāca (श्री देवी उवाच) stands between the two lines and has no number, as at 7. Her question continues in 143 and 144.
Split: jīvan (जीवन्) + api (अपि) + vimuktaḥ (विमुक्तः) + asau (असौ) + kurvan (कुर्वन्) + api (अपि) + na (न) + lipyate (लिप्यते) + idam (इदम्) + yadi (यदि) + vapuḥ (वपुः) + deva (देव) + parāyāḥ (परायाः) + ca (च) + maheśvara (महेश्वर)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jīvan (जीवन्) | nominative singular, masculine | living. Present participle. Recited jīvann (जीवन्न्) before a (अ). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| vimuktaḥ (विमुक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | freed. Recited vimukto (विमुक्तो) before the avagraha. |
| asau (असौ) | nominative singular, masculine | he. |
| kurvan (कुर्वन्) | nominative singular, masculine | doing. Recited kurvann (कुर्वन्न्) before a (अ). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | he is not stained. |
| lipyate (लिप्यते) | present passive | is stained, is smeared. From lip (लिप्). |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if. |
| vapuḥ (वपुः) | nominative singular, neuter | body. Recited vapur (वपुर्) before d (द्). |
| deva (देव) | vocative singular, masculine | O god. |
| parāyāḥ (परायाः) | genitive singular, feminine | of the supreme Goddess. Recited parāyāś (परायाश्) before c (च्). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| maheśvara (महेश्वर) | vocative singular, masculine | O great lord. |
The phrases
Even while living he is freed. Even while doing, the verse's na (न) says he is not stained. Then the Goddess: if this is the body, O god, and of the supreme, O great lord.
Sanskrit in this line
lipyate (लिप्यते) is the passive of lip (लिप्), to smear. The verse's na (न) is about stain, while the doing continues.
Say it back
Say the two api (अपि) clauses: even while what, even while what.