Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.16 Six that bring it through
1.16
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उत्साहात् साहसाद् धैर्यात् तत्त्वज्ञानाश् च निश्चयात् ।
जनसङ्गपरित्यागात् षड्भिर् योगः प्रसिद्ध्यति utsāhāt sāhasād dhairyāt tattvajñānāś ca niścayāt |
janasaṅgaparityāgāt ṣaḍbhir yogaḥ prasiddhyati
The line
Yoga comes through by six: zeal, courage, steadiness, knowledge of the truth, resolve, and leaving the company of people.
नेपालीमा
योग उत्साह, साहस, स्थिरता, सत्यको ज्ञान, निश्चय र मानिसको सङ्गत छोड्नु यी छ कुराले सिद्ध हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The pair with 1.15 is the verse's own. Tattva-jñāna (तत्त्व-ज्ञान) here is knowledge of the truth, one of the six.
Split: utsāhāt (उत्साहात्) sāhasād (साहसाद्) dhairyāt (धैर्यात्) tattva (तत्त्व) + jñānāś (ज्ञानाश्) ca (च) niścayāt (निश्चयात्) / jana (जन) + saṅga (सङ्ग) + parityāgāt (परित्यागात्) ṣaḍbhir (षड्भिर्) yogaḥ (योगः) prasiddhyati (प्रसिद्ध्यति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utsāhāt (उत्साहात्) | ablative singular | zeal. |
| sāhasād (साहसाद्) | form in the line | courage. |
| dhairyāt (धैर्यात्) | optative | steadiness. |
| tattva-jñānāś (तत्त्व-ज्ञानाश्) | form in the line | the truth; knowledge. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| niścayāt (निश्चयात्) | optative | resolve. |
| jana-saṅga-parityāgāt (जन-सङ्ग-परित्यागात्) | ablative singular | company, attachment; leaving. |
| ṣaḍbhir (षड्भिर्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| yogaḥ (योगः) | nominative singular | yoga. |
| prasiddhyati (प्रसिद्ध्यति) | present | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 16 syllables. A hyphen in the split is a compound joint, a teaching mark, and the voice joins it.
Say it back
Cover the English and say the verse in one sentence. Yoga comes through by six: zeal, courage, steadiness, knowledge of the truth, resolve, and leaving the company of people.