Vijñāna Bhairava / The close (समाप्ति) / 160
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Vijñāna Bhairava (विज्ञान भैरव)
सर्वमेतत् परित्यज्य ग्राह्यमेतन् मृगेक्षणे ।
किमेभिरस्थिरैर् देवि स्थिरम् परमिदं धनम् ।
प्राणा अपि प्रदातव्या न देयं परमामृतम् sarvam etat parityajya grāhyam etan mṛgekṣaṇe |
kim ebhir asthirair devi sthiram param idaṃ dhanam |
prāṇā api pradātavyā na deyaṃ paramāmṛtam
The line
Having left all this, this is to be taken, O gazelle-eyed one. What are these unsteady things, O Goddess? This supreme wealth is steady. Even the breaths may be given away. The supreme nectar is not to be given away.
नेपालीमा
हे मृगआँखी, यो सबै छाडेर यही लिनुपर्छ। हे देवी, यी अस्थिर कुरा के हुन्? यो परम धन स्थिर हो। प्राण पनि दिन सकिन्छ। परम अमृत दिनु हुँदैन।
Where it sits
The goods are unsteady. The nectar is the steady wealth. The verse's na deyam (न देयम्) is about giving the nectar away. The breaths are what may be given.
Split: sarvam (सर्वम्) + etat (एतत्) + parityajya (परित्यज्य) + grāhyam (ग्राह्यम्) + etat (एतत्) + mṛgekṣaṇe (मृगेक्षणे) + kim (किम्) + ebhiḥ (एभिः) + asthiraiḥ (अस्थिरैः) + devi (देवि) + sthiram (स्थिरम्) + param (परम्) + idam (इदम्) + dhanam (धनम्) + prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः) + api (अपि) + pradātavyāḥ (प्रदातव्याः) + na (न) + deyam (देयम्) + paramāmṛtam (परमामृतम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvam (सर्वम्) | accusative singular, neuter | all. |
| etat (एतत्) | accusative singular, neuter | this. |
| parityajya (परित्यज्य) | absolutive | having left completely. |
| grāhyam (ग्राह्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | to be taken. Gerundive of grah (ग्रह्). |
| etat (एतत्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. Recited etan (एतन्) before m (म्). |
| mṛgekṣaṇe (मृगेक्षणे) | vocative singular, feminine | O gazelle-eyed one. |
| kim (किम्) | nominative singular, neuter | what? |
| ebhiḥ (एभिः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by these. Recited ebhir (एभिर्). |
| asthiraiḥ (अस्थिरैः) | instrumental plural, masculine | by the unsteady ones. Recited asthirair (अस्थिरैर्). |
| devi (देवि) | vocative singular, feminine | O Goddess. |
| sthiram (स्थिरम्) | nominative singular, neuter | steady. |
| param (परम्) | nominative singular, neuter | supreme. |
| idam (इदम्) | nominative singular, neuter | this. |
| dhanam (धनम्) | nominative singular, neuter | wealth. |
| prāṇāḥ (प्राणाः) | nominative plural, masculine | the breaths. Recited prāṇā (प्राणा) before a (अ). |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| pradātavyāḥ (प्रदातव्याः) | nominative plural, masculine | may be given away. Recited pradātavyā (प्रदातव्या). |
| na (न) | the verse's na (न) | is not to be given. |
| deyam (देयम्) | nominative singular, neuter | to be given. Gerundive of dā (दा). |
| paramāmṛtam (परमामृतम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the supreme nectar. |
The phrases
This number holds six pādas (पाद). Having left all the goods of 159, this is to be taken. What are these unsteady things? This supreme wealth is the steady one. Even the breaths may be given. The verse's na (न) says the supreme nectar is not to be given away.
Sanskrit in this line
Six pādas (पाद), as at 23. The number in this text holds a line and a half.
Say it back
Say which of the two, breaths or nectar, the verse says may be given, and which it says is not to be given away.