Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.21 The six acts, when fat and phlegm are in excess
2.21
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मेदश्लेष्माधिकः पूर्वं षट्कर्माणि समाचरेत् ।
अन्यस् तु नाचरेत् तानि दोषाणां समभावतः medaśleṣmādhikaḥ pūrvaṃ ṣaṭkarmāṇi samācaret |
anyas tu nācaret tāni doṣāṇāṃ samabhāvataḥ
The line
One in whom fat and phlegm are in excess should first do the six acts. Another, when the doṣas (दोष) are in equal measure, should leave them undone.
नेपालीमा
जसमा बोसो र कफ बढी छन्, उसले पहिले छ कर्म गर्नुपर्छ। दोष समान मात्रामा हुँदा अर्कोले ती नगरिकन छोड्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's own na (न) is on the second person. 2.37 records teachers who do not accept any act besides prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम). Both sentences stay.
Split: meda (मेद) + śleṣmādhikaḥ (श्लेष्माधिकः) pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) ṣaṭ (षट्) + karmāṇi (कर्माणि) samācaret (समाचरेत्) / anyas (अन्य) tu (तु) nācaret (नाचरेत्) tāni (तानि) doṣāṇāṃ (दोषाणां) samabhāvataḥ (समभावतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| meda-śleṣmādhikaḥ (मेद-श्लेष्माधिकः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| pūrvaṃ (पूर्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | earlier. |
| ṣaṭ-karmāṇi (षट्-कर्माणि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| samācaret (समाचरेत्) | optative | one should practice. |
| anyas (अन्य) | form in the line | another. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| nācaret (नाचरेत्) | optative | as this verse uses the word. |
| tāni (तानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | as this verse uses the word. |
| doṣāṇāṃ (दोषाणां) | form in the line | fault. |
| samabhāvataḥ (समभावतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
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. One in whom fat and phlegm are in excess should first do the six acts. Another, when the doṣas (दोष) are in equal measure, should leave them undone.