Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.2 For rāja yoga
1.2
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
प्रणम्य श्रीगुरुं नाथं स्वात्मारामेण योगिना ।
केवलं राजयोगाय हठविद्योपदिश्यते praṇamya śrīguruṃ nāthaṃ svātmārāmeṇa yoginā |
kevalaṃ rājayogāya haṭhavidyopadiśyate
The line
Having bowed to the glorious guru Nātha (नाथ), the yogin Svātmārāma (स्वात्माराम) teaches the knowledge of haṭha (हठ) for the sake of rāja (राज) yoga alone.
नेपालीमा
श्री गुरु नाथलाई ढोगेर योगी स्वात्माराम राज योगका लागि मात्र हठको ज्ञान सिकाउँछन्।
Where it sits
The teacher's name is in the verse. The purpose he names is the same height as 1.1.
Split: praṇamya (प्रणम्य) śrī (श्री) + guruṃ (गुरुं) nāthaṃ (नाथं) svātmārāmeṇa (स्वात्मारामेण) yoginā (योगिना) / kevalaṃ (केवलं) rāja (राज) + yogāya (योगाय) haṭha (हठ) + vidyopadiśyate (विद्योपदिश्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| praṇamya (प्रणम्य) | form in the line | having bowed. |
| śrī-guruṃ (श्री-गुरुं) | form in the line | glorious; the guru. |
| nāthaṃ (नाथं) | nominative or accusative singular | a lord. Nātha (नाथ), the teacher. |
| svātmārāmeṇa (स्वात्मारामेण) | instrumental singular | Svātmārāma (स्वात्माराम), the author. |
| yoginā (योगिना) | nominative singular | by the yogin. |
| kevalaṃ (केवलं) | indeclinable | alone. |
| rāja-yogāya (राज-योगाय) | dative singular | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; yoga. |
| haṭha-vidyopadiśyate (हठ-विद्योपदिश्यते) | present | haṭha (हठ). The yoga of force. |
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. Having bowed to the glorious guru Nātha (नाथ), the yogin Svātmārāma (स्वात्माराम) teaches the knowledge of haṭha (हठ) for the sake of rāja (राज) yoga alone.