Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.2 Wind and mind
2.2
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
चले वाते चलं चित्तं निश्चले निश्चलं भवेत् ।
योगी स्थाणुत्वमाप्नोति ततो वायुं निरोधयेत् cale vāte calaṃ cittaṃ niścale niścalaṃ bhavet |
yogī sthāṇutvam āpnoti tato vāyuṃ nirodhayet
The line
When the wind moves, the mind moves. When the wind is still, the mind becomes still. The yogin reaches the state of a post, and then he should restrain the wind.
नेपालीमा
वायु चल्दा मन चल्छ, र वायु स्थिर हुँदा मन स्थिर हुन्छ। योगी खम्बाको अवस्थामा पुग्छ, अनि उसले वायु रोक्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The pāda (पाद) break after bhavet (भवेत्) is restored. Vāta (वात) and vāyu (वायु) are the wind. Stāṇutva (स्ताणुत्व) is the state of a post. The fourth chapter will say mind and wind bind each other, at 4.21.
Split: cale (चले) vāte (वाते) calaṃ (चलं) cittaṃ (चित्तं) niścale (निश्चले) niścalaṃ (निश्चलं) bhavet (भवेत्) / yogī (योगी) sthāṇutvam (स्थाणुत्वम्) āpnoti (आप्नोति) tato (ततो) vāyuṃ (वायुं) nirodhayet (निरोधयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cale (चले) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | to move. |
| vāte (वाते) | present | wind. |
| calaṃ (चलं) | nominative or accusative singular | to move. |
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| niścale (निश्चले) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | unmoving. |
| niścalaṃ (निश्चलं) | nominative or accusative singular | unmoving. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| sthāṇutvam (स्थाणुत्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the state of a post. |
| āpnoti (आप्नोति) | form in the line | obtains. |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. |
| vāyuṃ (वायुं) | form in the line | the breath. |
| nirodhayet (निरोधयेत्) | optative | one should restrain. |
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. When the wind moves, the mind moves. When the wind is still, the mind becomes still. The yogin reaches the state of a post, and then he should restrain the wind.