Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.58 The order
1.58
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
आसनं कुम्भकं चित्रं मुद्राख्यं करणं तथा ।
अथ नादानुसन्धानमभ्यासानुक्रमो हठे āsanaṃ kumbhakaṃ citraṃ mudrākhyaṃ karaṇaṃ tathā |
atha nādānusandhānam abhyāsānukramo haṭhe
The line
Seat, the varied kumbhaka, and likewise the act called mudrā (मुद्रा), then nādānusandhāna (नादानुसन्धान): that is the order of practice in haṭha (हठ).
नेपालीमा
आसन, विविध कुम्भक, त्यसरी नै मुद्रा भनिने कर्म, अनि नादानुसन्धान हठमा अभ्यासको क्रम हो।
Where it sits
The book's own order. Āsana (आसन) is this chapter from 1.19. Kumbhaka (कुम्भक) is the second. Mudrā (मुद्रा) is the third. Nādānusandhāna (नादानुसन्धान), the search for the inner sound, is the close of the fourth. The word atha (अथ) inside the verse belongs to the line. It is not a heading.
Split: āsanaṃ (आसनं) kumbhakaṃ (कुम्भकं) citraṃ (चित्रं) mudrākhyaṃ (मुद्राख्यं) karaṇaṃ (करणं) tathā (तथा) / atha (अथ) nādānusandhānam (नादानुसन्धानम्) abhyāsānukramo (अभ्यासानुक्रमो) haṭhe (हठे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āsanaṃ (आसनं) | nominative or accusative singular | a seat. |
| kumbhakaṃ (कुम्भकं) | nominative or accusative singular | kumbhaka. Retention of the breath. |
| citraṃ (चित्रं) | nominative or accusative singular | various. |
| mudrākhyaṃ (मुद्राख्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | the one called mudrā (मुद्रा). |
| karaṇaṃ (करणं) | nominative or accusative singular | an act. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | now. The word that opens a new teaching. |
| nādānusandhānam (नादानुसन्धानम्) | nominative or accusative singular | from the search for the sound. |
| abhyāsānukramo (अभ्यासानुक्रमो) | form in the line | the order of practice. |
| haṭhe (हठे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | 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. Seat, the varied kumbhaka, and likewise the act called mudrā (मुद्रा), then nādānusandhāna (नादानुसन्धान): that is the order of practice in haṭha (हठ).