Vijñāna Bhairava / What he says follows (फल) / 156
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
षट्शतानि दिवा रात्रौ सहस्राण्येकविंशतिः ।
जपो देव्याः समुद्दिष्टः सुलभो दुर्लभो जडैः ṣaṭśatāni divā rātrau sahasrāṇyekaviṃśatiḥ |
japo devyāḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ sulabho durlabho jaḍaiḥ
The line
Six hundreds, and twenty-one thousands, by day and night, are taught as the recitation of the Goddess. Easy to obtain, hard for the dull.
नेपालीमा
दिन र रातमा छ सय र एक्काइस हजार। देवीको जप यसरी भनिएको छ। पाउन सजिलो, जडलाई गाह्रो।
Where it sits
Six hundred and twenty-one thousand is twenty-one thousand six hundred. Readers of this verse take the number as the breaths of a day and a night, and call that the japa (जप). The verse says the number, the Goddess's recitation, easy, and hard for the dull. The page stays with those words.
Split: ṣaṭśatāni (षट्शतानि) + divā (दिवा) + rātrau (रात्रौ) + sahasrāṇi (सहस्राणि) + ekaviṃśatiḥ (एकविंशतिः) + japaḥ (जपः) + devyāḥ (देव्याः) + samuddiṣṭaḥ (समुद्दिष्टः) + sulabhaḥ (सुलभः) + durlabhaḥ (दुर्लभः) + jaḍaiḥ (जडैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ṣaṭśatāni (षट्शतानि) | nominative plural, neuter | six hundreds. |
| divā (दिवा) | indeclinable | by day. |
| rātrau (रात्रौ) | locative singular, feminine | in the night. |
| sahasrāṇi (सहस्राणि) | nominative plural, neuter | thousands. Joined sahasrāṇyekaviṃśatiḥ (सहस्राण्येकविंशतिः). |
| ekaviṃśatiḥ (एकविंशतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | twenty-one. |
| japaḥ (जपः) | nominative singular, masculine | the recitation. Recited japo (जपो). |
| devyāḥ (देव्याः) | genitive singular, feminine | of the Goddess. |
| samuddiṣṭaḥ (समुद्दिष्टः) | nominative singular, masculine | taught, pointed out. |
| sulabhaḥ (सुलभः) | nominative singular, masculine | easy to obtain. Recited sulabho (सुलभो). |
| durlabhaḥ (दुर्लभः) | nominative singular, masculine | hard to obtain. Recited durlabho (दुर्लभो). |
| jaḍaiḥ (जडैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by the dull. |
The phrases
Six hundred and twenty-one thousand, by day and by night: that is the recitation of the Goddess as taught. Easy to obtain, hard for the dull.
Sanskrit in this line
ṣaṭśatāni (षट्शतानि) is six times a hundred. sahasrāṇi ekaviṃśatiḥ (सहस्राणि एकविंशतिः) is twenty-one thousands. The two nominatives are one count.
Say it back
Say the number, and for whom the verse says it is hard.