Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.67 Anyone who practices
1.67
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
युवा वृद्धोऽतिवृद्धो वा व्याधितो दुर्बलोऽपि वा ।
अभ्यासात् सिद्धिमाप्नोति सर्वयोगेष्वतन्द्रितः yuvā vṛddho'tivṛddho vā vyādhito durbalo'pi vā |
abhyāsāt siddhim āpnoti sarvayogeṣv atandritaḥ
The line
A youth, an old man, one older than old, or one who is sick, or one who is weak: unlazy, he reaches success by practice, in every yoga.
नेपालीमा
युवा, बूढो, बूढोभन्दा बूढो, रोगी वा कमजोर, अल्छी नगरी अभ्यासले हरेक योगमा सिद्धि पाउँछ।
Where it sits
The reading is yuvā (युवा), the nominative of yuvan (युवन्). The file had yuvo (युवो).
Split: yuvā (युवा) vṛddho'tivṛddho (वृद्धोऽतिवृद्धो) vā (वा) vyādhito (व्याधितो) durbalo'pi (दुर्बलोऽपि) vā (वा) / abhyāsāt (अभ्यासात्) siddhim (सिद्धिम्) āpnoti (आप्नोति) sarva (सर्व) + yogeṣv (योगेष्व्) atandritaḥ (अतन्द्रितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yuvā (युवा) | nominative singular | a youth. Nominative of yuvan (युवन्). |
| vṛddho'tivṛddho (वृद्धोऽतिवृद्धो) | form in the line | old; older than old. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| vyādhito (व्याधितो) | form in the line | sick. |
| durbalo'pi (दुर्बलोऽपि) | form in the line | weak; even. |
| abhyāsāt (अभ्यासात्) | ablative singular | practice. |
| siddhim (सिद्धिम्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| āpnoti (आप्नोति) | form in the line | obtains. |
| sarva-yogeṣv (सर्व-योगेष्व्) | form in the line | every; yoga. |
| atandritaḥ (अतन्द्रितः) | nominative singular | unlazy. |
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 youth, an old man, one older than old, or one who is sick, or one who is weak: unlazy, he reaches success by practice, in every yoga.