Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 152
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
स्वतन्त्रानन्दचिन्मात्रसारः स्वात्मा हि सर्वतः ।
आवेशनं तत्स्वरूपे स्वात्मनः स्नानमीरितम् svatantrānandacinmātrasāraḥ svātmā hi sarvataḥ |
āveśanaṃ tatsvarūpe svātmanaḥ snānam īritam
The line
One's own self is everywhere the essence of one's own freedom, bliss, and pure awareness. The entering of one's own self into that own form is declared to be the bath.
नेपालीमा
स्वातन्त्र्य, आनन्द र चिन्मात्रको सार आफ्नो आत्मा नै सर्वत्र हो। त्यो स्वरूपमा आफ्नो आत्मा पस्नु स्नान भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
A bath is a rite before worship. He names the bath as this entering. Freedom, bliss, and awareness are the essence he gives the self.
Split: svatantrānandacinmātrasāraḥ (स्वतन्त्रानन्दचिन्मात्रसारः) + svātmā (स्वात्मा) + hi (हि) + sarvataḥ (सर्वतः) + āveśanam (आवेशनम्) + tatsvarūpe (तत्स्वरूपे) + svātmanaḥ (स्वात्मनः) + snānam (स्नानम्) + īritam (ईरितम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svatantrānandacinmātrasāraḥ (स्वतन्त्रानन्दचिन्मात्रसारः) | nominative singular, masculine | the essence of freedom, bliss, and pure awareness. cinmātra (चिन्मात्र) is awareness alone. |
| svātmā (स्वात्मा) | nominative singular, masculine | one's own self. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| sarvataḥ (सर्वतः) | adverb in tas (त) | everywhere. |
| āveśanam (आवेशनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | an entering. |
| tatsvarūpe (तत्स्वरूपे) | locative singular, neuter | into that own form. |
| svātmanaḥ (स्वात्मनः) | genitive singular, masculine | of one's own self. |
| snānam (स्नानम्) | nominative singular, neuter | a bath. |
| īritam (ईरितम्) | nominative singular, neuter | said, declared. |
The phrases
One's own self is, everywhere, the essence of freedom, bliss, and awareness alone. The entering of one's own self into that own form is said to be the bath.
Sanskrit in this line
svatantra (स्वतन्त्र) is depending on oneself. ānanda (आनन्द) is bliss. cinmātra (चिन्मात्र) is awareness and nothing added. The compound is the predicate of svātmā (स्वात्मा).
Say it back
Say what the bath is.