Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.59 A year
1.59
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
ब्रह्मचारी मिताहारी त्यागी योगपरायणः ।
अब्दादूर्ध्वं भवेत् सिद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा brahmacārī mitāhārī tyāgī yogaparāyaṇaḥ |
abdād ūrdhvaṃ bhavet siddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
The line
A continent one, a measured eater, one who has left off, devoted to yoga: after a year he becomes a siddha. The verse says no deliberation is to be made here.
नेपालीमा
ब्रह्मचारी, परिमित खाने, त्यागी र योगमा समर्पित व्यक्ति एक वर्षपछि सिद्ध हुन्छ। श्लोक भन्छ, यहाँ विचार गर्नु पर्दैन।
Where it sits
Abda (अब्द) is a year. The food it assumes is 1.60.
Split: brahmacārī (ब्रह्मचारी) mitāhārī (मिताहारी) tyāgī (त्यागी) yoga (योग) + parāyaṇaḥ (परायणः) / abdād (अब्दाद्) ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) bhavet (भवेत्) siddho (सिद्धो) nātra (नात्र) kāryā (कार्या) vicāraṇā (विचारणा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brahmacārī (ब्रह्मचारी) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| mitāhārī (मिताहारी) | nominative singular | measured food. |
| tyāgī (त्यागी) | nominative singular | leaving. |
| yoga-parāyaṇaḥ (योग-परायणः) | nominative singular | yoga; devoted. |
| abdād (अब्दाद्) | form in the line | a year. |
| ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) | indeclinable | upward. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
| siddho (सिद्धो) | form in the line | a siddha. One who has arrived. |
| nātra (नात्र) | indeclinable | in this there is no. |
| kāryā (कार्या) | nominative singular | to be done. |
| vicāraṇā (विचारणा) | nominative singular | pondering. |
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. A continent one, a measured eater, one who has left off, devoted to yoga: after a year he becomes a siddha. The verse says no deliberation is to be made here.