Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.68 Practice, and the mere reading
1.68
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
क्रियायुक्तस्य सिद्धिः स्यादक्रियस्य कथं भवेत् ।
न शास्त्रपाठमात्रेण योगसिद्धिः प्रजायते kriyāyuktasya siddhiḥ syād akriyasya kathaṃ bhavet |
na śāstrapāṭhamātreṇa yogasiddhiḥ prajāyate
The line
Success belongs to the one who is joined to the practice. The verse asks how it would belong to one without the practice, and it says success in yoga is not born from the mere recitation of a śāstra (शास्त्र).
नेपालीमा
सिद्धि अभ्यासमा जोडिएकालाई हुन्छ। श्लोक सोध्छ, अभ्यास नभएकालाई त्यो कसरी हुन्छ? र श्लोक भन्छ, योगको सिद्धि शास्त्रको पाठ मात्रबाट जन्मिँदैन।
Where it sits
The na (न) is the verse's own. 1.69 says the same of costume and of talk.
Split: kriyā (क्रिया) + yuktasya (युक्तस्य) siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) syād (स्याद्) akriyasya (अक्रियस्य) kathaṃ (कथं) bhavet (भवेत्) / na (न) śāstra (शास्त्र) + pāṭha (पाठ) + mātreṇa (मात्रेण) yoga (योग) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) prajāyate (प्रजायते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kriyā-yuktasya (क्रिया-युक्तस्य) | genitive singular | action; joined. |
| siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | success. |
| syād (स्याद्) | form in the line | would be. |
| akriyasya (अक्रियस्य) | genitive singular | without the practice. |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| śāstra-pāṭha-mātreṇa (शास्त्र-पाठ-मात्रेण) | instrumental singular | a śāstra (शास्त्र); recitation; mere. |
| yoga-siddhiḥ (योग-सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | yoga; success. |
| prajāyate (प्रजायते) | present | is born. |
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. Success belongs to the one who is joined to the practice. The verse asks how it would belong to one without the practice, and it says success in yoga is not born from the mere recitation of a śāstra (शास्त्र).