Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 149
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
महाशून्यालये वह्नौ भूताक्षविषयादिकम् ।
हूयते मनसा सार्धं स होमश् चेतनास्रुचा mahāśūnyālaye vahnau bhūtākṣaviṣayādikam |
hūyate manasā sārdhaṃ sa homaś cetanāsrucā
The line
In the fire that lives in the great void, the elements, the senses, the objects, and the rest are offered together with the mind. That offering is with awareness as the ladle.
नेपालीमा
महाशून्यमा रहेको आगोमा भूत, इन्द्रिय, विषय आदि मनसँगै होमिन्छन्। त्यो होम चेतनारूपी स्रुवाले हुन्छ।
Where it sits
She asked whose the homa (होम) is. He answers: the fire is the great void, the offering is the elements and the senses and the mind, the ladle is awareness.
Split: mahāśūnyālaye (महाशून्यालये) + vahnau (वह्नौ) + bhūtākṣaviṣayādikam (भूताक्षविषयादिकम्) + hūyate (हूयते) + manasā (मनसा) + sārdham (सार्धम्) + saḥ (सः) + homaḥ (होमः) + cetanāsrucā (चेतनास्रुचा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mahāśūnyālaye (महाशून्यालये) | locative singular, masculine | whose abode is the great void. Agrees with vahnau (वह्नौ). |
| vahnau (वह्नौ) | locative singular, masculine | in the fire. |
| bhūtākṣaviṣayādikam (भूताक्षविषयादिकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the elements, the senses, the objects, and the rest. |
| hūyate (हूयते) | present passive | is offered. |
| manasā (मनसा) | instrumental singular, neuter | by the mind, together with the mind. |
| sārdham (सार्धम्) | indeclinable | together with. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | that. Recited sa (स) before h (ह्). |
| homaḥ (होमः) | nominative singular, masculine | the fire offering. Recited homaś (होमश्) before c (च्). |
| cetanāsrucā (चेतनास्रुचा) | instrumental singular, feminine | with awareness as the ladle. sruc (स्रुच्) is the offering ladle. |
The phrases
In the fire whose abode is the great void, the elements, senses, objects, and the rest are offered together with the mind. That is the homa (होम), with awareness as the ladle.
Sanskrit in this line
sruc (स्रुच्) is the ladle of the fire rite. cetanāsrucā (चेतनास्रुचा) is an instrumental bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि): by a ladle that is awareness.
Say it back
Say what the ladle is, and what is offered.