Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.64 Gorakṣa's sentence
1.64
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
वर्जयेद् दुर्जनप्रान्तं वह्निस्त्रीपथिसेवनम् ।
प्रातःस्नानोपवासादि कायक्लेशविधिं तथा varjayed durjanaprāntaṃ vahnistrīpathisevanam |
prātaḥsnānopavāsādi kāyakleśavidhiṃ tathā
The line
He should leave the edge of bad company, the service of fire, women, and roads, and the rule of bodily pain that begins with the morning bath and the fast.
नेपालीमा
उसले खराब सङ्गतको छेउ, आगो, स्त्री र बाटोहरूको सेवा, र बिहानको नुहाइ तथा उपवासबाट सुरु हुने शारीरिक पीडाको नियम छोड्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
A heading in the file, tathā hi gorakṣa-vacanam (तथा हि गोरक्ष-वचनम्), names this as Gorakṣa (गोरक्ष)'s sentence and is not recited. It widens 1.63.
Split: varjayed (वर्जयेद्) durjana (दुर्जन) + prāntaṃ (प्रान्तं) vahni (वह्नि) + strī (स्त्री) + pathi (पथि) + sevanam (सेवनम्) / prātaḥ (प्रातः) + snānopavāsādi (स्नानोपवासादि) kāya (काय) + kleśa (क्लेश) + vidhiṃ (विधिं) tathā (तथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| varjayed (वर्जयेद्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| durjana-prāntaṃ (दुर्जन-प्रान्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | a bad person; the edge. |
| vahni-strī-pathi-sevanam (वह्नि-स्त्री-पथि-सेवनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | fire; a woman; on the path; use, practice. |
| prātaḥ-snānopavāsādi (प्रातः-स्नानोपवासादि) | form in the line | at dawn. |
| kāya-kleśa-vidhiṃ (काय-क्लेश-विधिं) | form in the line | the body; affliction; the rule, the whole method. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
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. He should leave the edge of bad company, the service of fire, women, and roads, and the rule of bodily pain that begins with the morning bath and the fast.