Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 147
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
पूजा नाम न पुष्पाद्यैर् या मतिः क्रियते दृढा ।
निर्विकल्पे महाव्योम्नि सा पूजा ह्यादराल् लयः pūjā nāma na puṣpādyair yā matiḥ kriyate dṛḍhā |
nirvikalpe mahāvyomni sā pūjā hy ādarāl layaḥ
The line
Worship, by name, is not with flowers and the rest. Which mind is made firm: in the great sky free of constructing, that worship is indeed a dissolution, from reverence.
नेपालीमा
पूजा भन्नाले फूल आदिले गर्ने कुरा होइन। निर्विकल्प महाव्योममा जुन मति दृढ गरिन्छ, त्यो पूजा आदरबाट हुने लय नै हो।
Where it sits
16 asked who is worshipped. Here worship is a firm mind and a dissolution. Flowers are what the verse's na (न) sets aside as the name's usual means.
Split: pūjā (पूजा) + nāma (नाम) + na (न) + puṣpādyaiḥ (पुष्पाद्यैः) + yā (या) + matiḥ (मतिः) + kriyate (क्रियते) + dṛḍhā (दृढा) + nirvikalpe (निर्विकल्पे) + mahāvyomni (महाव्योम्नि) + sā (सा) + pūjā (पूजा) + hi (हि) + ādarāt (आदरात्) + layaḥ (लयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūjā (पूजा) | nominative singular, feminine | worship. |
| nāma (नाम) | indeclinable | by name. |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | not. |
| puṣpādyaiḥ (पुष्पाद्यैः) | instrumental plural, neuter | by flowers and the rest. Recited puṣpādyair (पुष्पाद्यैर्). |
| yā (या) | nominative singular, feminine | which. |
| matiḥ (मतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | mind. |
| kriyate (क्रियते) | present passive | is made. |
| dṛḍhā (दृढा) | nominative singular, feminine | firm. Agrees with matiḥ (मतिः). |
| nirvikalpe (निर्विकल्पे) | locative singular, neuter | in the free of vikalpa (विकल्प). |
| mahāvyomni (महाव्योम्नि) | locative singular, neuter | in the great sky. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular, feminine | that. |
| pūjā (पूजा) | nominative singular, feminine | worship. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| ādarāt (आदरात्) | ablative singular, masculine | from reverence. Recited ādarāl (आदराल्) before l (ल्). |
| layaḥ (लयः) | nominative singular, masculine | dissolution. |
The phrases
Worship by name is not by flowers and the rest. The mind that is made firm, in the great sky free of vikalpa (विकल्प): that worship is a dissolution, from reverence.
Sanskrit in this line
nāma (नाम) means 'by name, so-called.' It marks the ordinary use of the word pūjā (पूजा).
Say it back
Say what worship is, in this verse.