Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 146
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
ध्यानं हि निश्चला बुद्धिर् निराकारा निराश्रया ।
न तु ध्यानं शरीराक्षिमुखहस्तादिकल्पना dhyānaṃ hi niścalā buddhir nirākārā nirāśrayā |
na tu dhyānaṃ śarīrākṣimukhahastādikalpanā
The line
Meditation is the unmoving intellect, without form, without a support. Meditation is not the imagining of body, eye, mouth, hand, and the rest.
नेपालीमा
ध्यान चाहिँ निश्चल बुद्धि हो, आकार बिना, आश्रय बिना। शरीर, आँखा, मुख, हात आदिको कल्पना ध्यान होइन।
Where it sits
She asked who is meditated. He answers by saying what meditation is, and the verse's na tu (न तु) says what the imagining of the body and the senses is not called.
Split: dhyānam (ध्यानम्) + hi (हि) + niścalā (निश्चला) + buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) + nirākārā (निराकारा) + nirāśrayā (निराश्रया) + na (न) + tu (तु) + dhyānam (ध्यानम्) + śarīrākṣimukhahastādikalpanā (शरीराक्षिमुखहस्तादिकल्पना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dhyānam (ध्यानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | meditation. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| niścalā (निश्चला) | nominative singular, feminine | unmoving. Agrees with buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः). |
| buddhiḥ (बुद्धिः) | nominative singular, feminine | intellect. Recited buddhir (बुद्धिर्). |
| nirākārā (निराकारा) | nominative singular, feminine | without form. |
| nirāśrayā (निराश्रया) | nominative singular, feminine | without a support. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and, whereas. |
| dhyānam (ध्यानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | meditation. |
| śarīrākṣimukhahastādikalpanā (शरीराक्षिमुखहस्तादिकल्पना) | nominative singular, feminine | the imagining of body, eye, mouth, hand, and the rest. kalpanā (कल्पना) is an imagining. |
The phrases
Meditation is the unmoving intellect, formless, supportless. The verse's na tu (न तु) says meditation is not the imagining of body, eye, mouth, hand, and the rest.
Sanskrit in this line
The long compound ends in kalpanā (कल्पना), feminine, the predicate of the second dhyānam (ध्यानम्). Read it from the end: an imagining, of body, eye, mouth, hand, and the rest.
Say it back
Say what meditation is, and what the verse's na (न) sets beside it.