Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.40 Chief among seats
1.40
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यमेष्विव मिताहारमहिंसा नियमेष्विव ।
मुख्यं सर्वासनेष्वेकं सिद्धाः सिद्धासनं विदुः yameṣv iva mitāhāram ahiṃsā niyameṣv iva |
mukhyaṃ sarvāsaneṣv ekaṃ siddhāḥ siddhāsanaṃ viduḥ
The line
As measured food among the yamas, as non-harm among the niyamas, the siddhas know siddhāsana (सिद्धासन) as the one chief seat among all seats.
नेपालीमा
यमहरूमध्ये परिमित भोजन जस्तै, नियमहरूमध्ये अहिंसा जस्तै, सिद्धहरू सिद्धासनलाई सबै आसनमध्ये एक प्रमुख आसन मान्छन्।
Where it sits
The comparison is the verse's own. 1.17 already set ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) among the ten yamas (यम), and mitāhāra (मिताहार) among them too. Yoga Sūtra (सूत्र) 2.30 lists ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) among five yamas (यम). The verse still writes ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) on the niyama (नियम) side of its comparison.
Split: yameṣv (यमेष्व्) iva (इव) mitāhāram (मिताहारम्) ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) niyameṣv (नियमेष्व्) iva (इव) / mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) sarvāsaneṣv (सर्वासनेष्व्) ekaṃ (एकं) siddhāḥ (सिद्धाः) siddhāsanaṃ (सिद्धासनं) viduḥ (विदुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yameṣv (यमेष्व्) | form in the line | a yama. A restraint. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | like. |
| mitāhāram (मिताहारम्) | nominative or accusative singular | measured food. |
| ahiṃsā (अहिंसा) | nominative singular | ahiṃsā (अहिंसा). Non-harm. |
| niyameṣv (नियमेष्व्) | form in the line | a niyama. An observance. |
| mukhyaṃ (मुख्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | chief. |
| sarvāsaneṣv (सर्वासनेष्व्) | form in the line | every seat. |
| ekaṃ (एकं) | nominative or accusative singular | one. |
| siddhāḥ (सिद्धाः) | nominative plural | a siddha. One who has arrived. |
| siddhāsanaṃ (सिद्धासनं) | nominative or accusative singular | siddhāsana (सिद्धासन). The accomplished seat. |
| viduḥ (विदुः) | form in the line | they know. |
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. As measured food among the yamas, as non-harm among the niyamas, the siddhas know siddhāsana (सिद्धासन) as the one chief seat among all seats.