Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.18 Ten niyamas
1.18
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
तपः सन्तोष आस्तिक्यं दानमीश्वरपूजनम् ।
सिद्धान्तवाक्यश्रवणं ह्रीमती च तपो हुतम् ।
नियमा दश सम्प्रोक्ता योगशास्त्रविशारदैः tapaḥ santoṣa āstikyaṃ dānam īśvarapūjanam |
siddhāntavākyaśravaṇaṃ hrīmatī ca tapo hutam |
niyamā daśa samproktā yogaśāstraviśāradaiḥ
The line
The verse declares the niyamas ten, and it names tapas, contentment, faith that there is a next world, giving, worship of the Lord, and hearing of the settled sentences, then packs hrīmatī (ह्रीमती) and tapo hutam (तपो हुतम्) into the line.
नेपालीमा
श्लोकले नियम दश हुन् भन्छ, र तप, सन्तोष, अर्को लोक छ भन्ने विश्वास, दान, ईश्वरको पूजा र ठहरिएका वाक्य सुन्नुको नाम लिन्छ, अनि ह्रीमती र तपो हुतम्लाई पङ्क्तिमा अटाउँछ।
Where it sits
The line does not spell a clean tenth item out of hrīmatī ca tapo hutam (ह्रीमती च तपो हुतम्), so the sitting does not force one. Yoga Sūtra (सूत्र) 2.32 lists five niyamas (नियम): purity, contentment, tapas, one's own recitation, and offering to Īśvara (ईश्वर). The two counts stay side by side.
Split: tapaḥ (तपः) santoṣa (सन्तोष) āstikyaṃ (आस्तिक्यं) dānam (दानम्) īśvara (ईश्वर) + pūjanam (पूजनम्) / siddhānta (सिद्धान्त) + vākya (वाक्य) + śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) hrīmatī (ह्रीमती) ca (च) tapo (तपो) hutam (हुतम्) / niyamā (नियमा) daśa (दश) samproktā (सम्प्रोक्ता) yoga (योग) + śāstra (शास्त्र) + viśāradaiḥ (विशारदैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tapaḥ (तपः) | nominative singular | austerity. |
| santoṣa (सन्तोष) | form in the line | contentment. |
| āstikyaṃ (आस्तिक्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | faith that the Veda and the teaching hold. |
| dānam (दानम्) | nominative or accusative singular | giving. |
| īśvara-pūjanam (ईश्वर-पूजनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | Īśvara (ईश्वर); worship. |
| siddhānta-vākya-śravaṇaṃ (सिद्धान्त-वाक्य-श्रवणं) | nominative or accusative singular | a settled teaching; the sentence; hearing. |
| hrīmatī (ह्रीमती) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| tapo (तपो) | form in the line | austerity. |
| hutam (हुतम्) | nominative or accusative singular | what is offered. |
| niyamā (नियमा) | nominative singular | a niyama. An observance. |
| daśa (दश) | form in the line | ten. |
| samproktā (सम्प्रोक्ता) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| yoga-śāstra-viśāradaiḥ (योग-शास्त्र-विशारदैः) | instrumental plural | yoga; a śāstra (शास्त्र); skilled. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 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. The verse declares the niyamas ten, and it names tapas, contentment, faith that there is a next world, giving, worship of the Lord, and hearing of the settled sentences, then packs hrīmatī (ह्रीमती) and tapo hutam (तपो हुतम्) into the line.