Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 144
144
Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
हूयते कस्य वा होमो यागः कस्य च किं कथम् ।
एषात्र प्रक्रिया बाह्या स्थूलेष्वेव मृगेक्षणे hūyate kasya vā homo yāgaḥ kasya ca kiṃ katham |
eṣātra prakriyā bāhyā sthūleṣv eva mṛgekṣaṇe
The line
Or for whom is the oblation poured, and whose is the sacrifice, what and how? This procedure here is outer, only among the gross, O gazelle-eyed one.
नेपालीमा
कसका लागि होम हुन्छ, यज्ञ कसको, के र कसरी? हे मृगआँखी, यो विधि बाहिरी हो, स्थूलमा मात्र।
Where it sits
bhairava uvāca (भैरव उवाच) stands before the second line. The outer procedure is what he is about to rename, from 145 on.
Split: hūyate (हूयते) + kasya (कस्य) + vā (वा) + homaḥ (होमः) + yāgaḥ (यागः) + kasya (कस्य) + ca (च) + kim (किम्) + katham (कथम्) + eṣā (एषा) + atra (अत्र) + prakriyā (प्रक्रिया) + bāhyā (बाह्या) + sthūleṣu (स्थूलेषु) + eva (एव) + mṛgekṣaṇe (मृगेक्षणे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hūyate (हूयते) | present passive | is offered, is poured. From hu (हु). |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom, for whom? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| homaḥ (होमः) | nominative singular, masculine | the fire offering. Recited homo (होमो). |
| yāgaḥ (यागः) | nominative singular, masculine | the sacrifice. |
| kasya (कस्य) | genitive singular | of whom? |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? |
| katham (कथम्) | indeclinable | how? |
| eṣā (एषा) | nominative singular, feminine | this. |
| atra (अत्र) | indeclinable | here. Joined eṣātra (एषात्र). |
| prakriyā (प्रक्रिया) | nominative singular, feminine | procedure. |
| bāhyā (बाह्या) | nominative singular, feminine | outer. |
| sthūleṣu (स्थूलेषु) | locative plural, neuter | among the gross. Recited sthūleṣv (स्थूलेष्व्) before e (ए). |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only. |
| mṛgekṣaṇe (मृगेक्षणे) | vocative singular, feminine | O gazelle-eyed one. |
The phrases
Her questions finish: for whom is the offering poured, whose is the sacrifice, what and how. He answers: this procedure is the outer one, only among the gross.
Sanskrit in this line
hūyate (हूयते) is the passive of hu (हु), the verb of the fire offering. homa (होम) is its noun.
Say it back
Say what kind of procedure he calls this, in the word bāhyā (बाह्या).