Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.61 Unfit food
1.61
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कट्वाम्लतीक्ष्णलवणोष्णहरीतशाकसौवीरतैलतिलसर्षपमद्यमत्स्यान् ।
आजादिमांसदधितक्रकुलत्थकोलपिण्याकहिङ्गुलशुनाद्यमपथ्यमाहुः kaṭvāmlatīkṣṇalavaṇoṣṇaharītaśākasauvīratailatilasarṣapamadyamatsyān |
ājādimāṃsadadhitakrakulatthakolapiṇyākahiṅgulaśunādyam apathyam āhuḥ
The line
They call unfit the bitter, the sour, the sharp, the salt, the hot, green vegetables, sour rice-water, oil, sesame, mustard, liquor, fish, meat beginning with goat, curd, buttermilk, horse-gram, jujube, oil-cake, asafoetida, garlic, and what is of that kind.
नेपालीमा
तिनीहरू तितो, अमिलो, पिरो, नुनिलो, तातो, हरियो साग, अमिलो माड, तेल, तिल, तोरी, मद्य, माछा, बाख्राबाट सुरु हुने मासु, दही, मोही, गहत, बयर, पिना, हिङ्ग, लसुन र त्यस्तै कुरालाई अयोग्य भन्छन्।
Where it sits
A long list in two quarters. Ājādi (आजादि) is goat and the rest. 1.62 adds the food that has gone stale.
Split: kaṭvāmla (कट्वाम्ल) + tīkṣṇa (तीक्ष्ण) + lavaṇoṣṇa (लवणोष्ण) + harīta (हरीत) + śāka (शाक) + sauvīra (सौवीर) + taila (तैल) + tila (तिल) + sarṣapa (सर्षप) + madya (मद्य) + matsyān (मत्स्यान्) / ājādi (आजादि) + māṃsa (मांस) + dadhi (दधि) + takra (तक्र) + kulatthakola (कुलत्थकोल) + piṇyāka (पिण्याक) + hiṅgu (हिङ्गु) + laśunādyam (लशुनाद्यम्) apathyam (अपथ्यम्) āhuḥ (आहुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kaṭvāmla-tīkṣṇa-lavaṇoṣṇa-harīta-śāka-sauvīra-taila-tila-sarṣapa-madya-matsyān (कट्वाम्ल-तीक्ष्ण-लवणोष्ण-हरीत-शाक-सौवीर-तैल-तिल-सर्षप-मद्य-मत्स्यान्) | accusative plural | sharp; a vegetable; oil; sesame; mustard; liquor; a fish. |
| ājādi-māṃsa-dadhi-takra-kulatthakola-piṇyāka-hiṅgu-laśunādyam (आजादि-मांस-दधि-तक्र-कुलत्थकोल-पिण्याक-हिङ्गु-लशुनाद्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular | flesh; curd; buttermilk; oil-cake; asafoetida. |
| apathyam (अपथ्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular | unfit food. |
| āhuḥ (आहुः) | form in the line | they say. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 28, 28 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. They call unfit the bitter, the sour, the sharp, the salt, the hot, green vegetables, sour rice-water, oil, sesame, mustard, liquor, fish, meat beginning with goat, curd, buttermilk, horse-gram, jujube, oil-cake, asafoetida, garlic, and what is of that kind.