Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.70 Their limit is the fruit
1.70
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
पीठानि कुम्भकाश् चित्रा दिव्यानि करणानि च ।
सर्वाण्यपि हठाभ्यासे राजयोगफलावधि pīṭhāni kumbhakāś citrā divyāni karaṇāni ca |
sarvāṇy api haṭhābhyāse rājayogaphalāvadhi
The line
Seats, the varied kumbhakas, and the divine acts: all of them, in haṭha (हठ) practice, have their limit in the fruit of rāja (राज) yoga.
नेपालीमा
हठको अभ्यासमा आसन, विविध कुम्भक र दिव्य कर्म सबैको सीमा राज योगको फलमा पुगेर टुङ्गिन्छ।
Where it sits
The chapter closes on the stair of 1.1. Karaṇa (करण) is the act, the same word 1.58 used for the mudrā (मुद्रा). The next chapter is the kumbhaka.
Split: pīṭhāni (पीठानि) kumbhakāś (कुम्भकाश्) citrā (चित्रा) divyāni (दिव्यानि) karaṇāni (करणानि) ca (च) / sarvāṇy (सर्वाण्य्) api (अपि) haṭhābhyāse (हठाभ्यासे) rāja (राज) + yoga (योग) + phalāvadhi (फलावधि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pīṭhāni (पीठानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a seat. |
| kumbhakāś (कुम्भकाश्) | form in the line | kumbhaka. Retention of the breath. |
| citrā (चित्रा) | nominative singular | various. |
| divyāni (दिव्यानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | divine. |
| karaṇāni (करणानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | an act. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| sarvāṇy (सर्वाण्य्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| haṭhābhyāse (हठाभ्यासे) | present | as this verse uses the word. |
| rāja-yoga-phalāvadhi (राज-योग-फलावधि) | form in the line | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; yoga. |
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. Seats, the varied kumbhakas, and the divine acts: all of them, in haṭha (हठ) practice, have their limit in the fruit of rāja (राज) yoga.