Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 154
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
व्रजेत् प्राणो विशेज् जीव इच्छया कुटिलाकृतिः ।
दीर्घात्मा सा महादेवी परक्षेत्रम् परापरा vrajet prāṇo viśej jīva icchayā kuṭilākṛtiḥ |
dīrghātmā sā mahādevī parakṣetram parāparā
The line
Prāṇa (प्राण) would go, jīva (जीव) would enter, her form made crooked by will. She, the great Goddess, long of self, is the supreme field, both supreme and lower.
नेपालीमा
प्राण जाओस्, जीव पसोस्, इच्छाले बाङ्गो रूप। लामो आत्मा भएकी ती महादेवी पर क्षेत्र हुन्, परापर।
Where it sits
The two breaths of 24 return. The Goddess is the field, kṣetra (क्षेत्र), the word of 151. Crooked and long are the verse's two descriptions. The page stays with the sentence.
Split: vrajet (व्रजेत्) + prāṇaḥ (प्राणः) + viśet (विशेत्) + jīvaḥ (जीवः) + icchayā (इच्छया) + kuṭilākṛtiḥ (कुटिलाकृतिः) + dīrghātmā (दीर्घात्मा) + sā (सा) + mahādevī (महादेवी) + parakṣetram (परक्षेत्रम्) + parāparā (परापरा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vrajet (व्रजेत्) | optative | would go. |
| prāṇaḥ (प्राणः) | nominative singular, masculine | prāṇa (प्राण). Recited prāṇo (प्राणो). |
| viśet (विशेत्) | optative | would enter. Recited viśej (विशेज्) before j (ज्). |
| jīvaḥ (जीवः) | nominative singular, masculine | jīva (जीव). Recited jīva (जीव) before a vowel. |
| icchayā (इच्छया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by will. |
| kuṭilākṛtiḥ (कुटिलाकृतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | whose form is crooked. |
| dīrghātmā (दीर्घात्मा) | nominative singular, feminine | whose self is long. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular, feminine | she. |
| mahādevī (महादेवी) | nominative singular, feminine | the great Goddess. |
| parakṣetram (परक्षेत्रम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the supreme field. |
| parāparā (परापरा) | nominative singular, feminine | supreme and lower. |
The phrases
prāṇa (प्राण) would go out, jīva (जीव) would enter, crooked in form by will. She, the great Goddess, whose self is long, is the supreme field, supreme and lower.
Sanskrit in this line
kuṭilākṛtiḥ (कुटिलाकृतिः) is a bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि), feminine in agreement with the Goddess: she has a crooked form. dīrghātmā (दीर्घात्मा) says her self is long.
Say it back
Say who the supreme field is.