Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 145
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
भूयो भूयः परे भावे भावना भाव्यते हि या ।
जपः सोऽत्र स्वयं नादो मन्त्रात्मा जप्य ईदृशः bhūyo bhūyaḥ pare bhāve bhāvanā bhāvyate hi yā |
japaḥ so 'tra svayaṃ nādo mantrātmā japya īdṛśaḥ
The line
The contemplation which is brought to be again and again in the supreme state, that is recitation here. Sound itself, whose self is mantra (मन्त्र), is the thing to recite, of this kind.
नेपालीमा
पर भावमा फेरि फेरि जुन भावना गरिन्छ, त्यही यहाँ जप हो। नाद आफैँ, मन्त्र आत्मा भएको, यस्तो जप्नुपर्ने हो।
Where it sits
She asked what japa (जप) is. He answers with bhāvanā (भावना) repeated in the supreme state, and with nāda (नाद).
Split: bhūyaḥ (भूयः) + bhūyaḥ (भूयः) + pare (परे) + bhāve (भावे) + bhāvanā (भावना) + bhāvyate (भाव्यते) + hi (हि) + yā (या) + japaḥ (जपः) + saḥ (सः) + atra (अत्र) + svayam (स्वयम्) + nādaḥ (नादः) + mantrātmā (मन्त्रात्मा) + japyaḥ (जप्यः) + īdṛśaḥ (ईदृशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhūyaḥ (भूयः) | indeclinable | again. |
| bhūyaḥ (भूयः) | indeclinable | again. |
| pare (परे) | locative singular, masculine | in the supreme. |
| bhāve (भावे) | locative singular, masculine | in the state. |
| bhāvanā (भावना) | nominative singular, feminine | contemplation. |
| bhāvyate (भाव्यते) | present passive | is contemplated. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| yā (या) | nominative singular, feminine | which. |
| japaḥ (जपः) | nominative singular, masculine | recitation. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | that. Recited so (सो) before the avagraha. |
| atra (अत्र) | indeclinable | here. |
| svayam (स्वयम्) | indeclinable | itself. |
| nādaḥ (नादः) | nominative singular, masculine | sound. Recited nādo (नादो). |
| mantrātmā (मन्त्रात्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | whose self is mantra (मन्त्र). |
| japyaḥ (जप्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | to be recited. Recited japya (जप्य) before a vowel. |
| īdṛśaḥ (ईदृशः) | nominative singular, masculine | of this kind. |
The phrases
The contemplation which is contemplated again and again in the supreme state: that is japa (जप) here. Sound itself, whose self is mantra (मन्त्र), is what is to be recited, of this kind.
Sanskrit in this line
bhūyo bhūyaḥ (भूयो भूयः) is the same doubling as bhrāntvā bhrāntvā (भ्रान्त्वा भ्रान्त्वा). Again and again is the frequency.
Say it back
Say what japa (जप) is, in this verse.