Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.20 A few of many
1.20
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
वशिष्ठाद्यैश् च मुनिभिर् मत्स्येन्द्राद्यैश् च योगिभिः ।
अङ्गीकृतान्यासनानि कथ्यन्ते कानिचिन् मया vaśiṣṭhādyaiś ca munibhir matsyendrādyaiś ca yogibhiḥ |
aṅgīkṛtāny āsanāni kathyante kānicin mayā
The line
Seats accepted by Vasiṣṭha (वसिष्ठ) and the other sages, and by Matsyendra and the other yogins: I tell a few of them.
नेपालीमा
वसिष्ठ र अरू ऋषिहरूले तथा मत्स्येन्द्र र अरू योगीहरूले मानेका आसनहरूमध्ये म थोरै भन्छु।
Where it sits
Kānicit (कानिचित्) is the few. 1.35 will say Śiva (शिव) told eighty-four, and that four are the essence he keeps.
Split: vaśiṣṭhādyaiś (वशिष्ठाद्यैश्) ca (च) munibhir (मुनिभिर्) matsyendrādyaiś (मत्स्येन्द्राद्यैश्) ca (च) yogibhiḥ (योगिभिः) / aṅgīkṛtāny (अङ्गीकृतान्य्) āsanāni (आसनानि) kathyante (कथ्यन्ते) kānicin (कानिचिन्) mayā (मया)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaśiṣṭhādyaiś (वशिष्ठाद्यैश्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| munibhir (मुनिभिर्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| matsyendrādyaiś (मत्स्येन्द्राद्यैश्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| yogibhiḥ (योगिभिः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| aṅgīkṛtāny (अङ्गीकृतान्य्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| āsanāni (आसनानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | the seat. |
| kathyante (कथ्यन्ते) | present | as this verse uses the word. |
| kānicin (कानिचिन्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| mayā (मया) | nominative singular | made of. |
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. Seats accepted by Vasiṣṭha (वसिष्ठ) and the other sages, and by Matsyendra and the other yogins: I tell a few of them.