Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.11 Four times, up to eighty
2.11
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
प्रातर् मध्यन्दिने सायमर्धरात्रे च कुम्भकान् ।
शनैरशीतिपर्यन्तं चतुर् वारं समभ्यसेत् prātar madhyandine sāyam ardharātre ca kumbhakān |
śanair aśītiparyantaṃ catur vāraṃ samabhyaset
The line
At morning, noon, evening, and midnight he should practice the kumbhakas slowly, up to eighty, four times.
नेपालीमा
बिहान, मध्याह्न, साँझ र मध्यरातमा उसले कुम्भकहरू बिस्तारै असीसम्म चार पटक अभ्यास गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Aśīti (अशीति) is eighty. The four times of day are the verse's own.
Split: prātar (प्रातर्) madhyandine (मध्यन्दिने) sāyam (सायम्) ardha (अर्ध) + rātre (रात्रे) ca (च) kumbhakān (कुम्भकान्) / śanair (शनैर्) aśīti (अशीति) + paryantaṃ (पर्यन्तं) catur (चतुर्) vāraṃ (वारं) samabhyaset (समभ्यसेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prātar (प्रातर्) | form in the line | at dawn. |
| madhyandine (मध्यन्दिने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | noon. |
| sāyam (सायम्) | nominative or accusative singular | in the evening. |
| ardha-rātre (अर्ध-रात्रे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | half; night. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| kumbhakān (कुम्भकान्) | accusative plural | kumbhaka. Retention of the breath. |
| śanair (शनैर्) | form in the line | slowly. |
| aśīti-paryantaṃ (अशीति-पर्यन्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | eighty; up to. |
| catur (चतुर्) | form in the line | four. |
| vāraṃ (वारं) | nominative or accusative singular | the door. Also a turn. |
| samabhyaset (समभ्यसेत्) | optative | one should practice. |
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. At morning, noon, evening, and midnight he should practice the kumbhakas slowly, up to eighty, four times.