Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.23 They clean the body
2.23
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कर्म षट्कमिदं गोप्यं घटशोधनकारकम् ।
विचित्रगुणसन्धाय पूज्यते योगिपुङ्गवैः karma ṣaṭkam idaṃ gopyaṃ ghaṭaśodhanakārakam |
vicitraguṇasandhāya pūjyate yogipuṅgavaiḥ
The line
This set of six is to be guarded. It does the cleansing of the body. Joined to various qualities, it is honored by the best of yogins.
नेपालीमा
यो छको समूह रक्षा गर्नुपर्छ, र यसले शरीरको शुद्धि गर्छ। विविध गुणसँग जोडिएको यसलाई योगीहरूमध्ये श्रेष्ठले मान्छन्।
Where it sits
Ghaṭa (घट) is the body, the pot. Gopya (गोप्य) is to be kept close, as the knowledge was at 1.11.
Split: karma (कर्म) ṣaṭkam (षट्कम्) idaṃ (इदं) gopyaṃ (गोप्यं) ghaṭa (घट) + śodhana (शोधन) + kārakam (कारकम्) / vicitra (विचित्र) + guṇa (गुण) + sandhāya (सन्धाय) pūjyate (पूज्यते) yogi (योगि) + puṅgavaiḥ (पुङ्गवैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma (कर्म) | form in the line | an act. |
| ṣaṭkam (षट्कम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| gopyaṃ (गोप्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | to be kept close. |
| ghaṭa-śodhana-kārakam (घट-शोधन-कारकम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the pot; cleansing; a maker. |
| vicitra-guṇa-sandhāya (विचित्र-गुण-सन्धाय) | dative singular | varied; a quality, a power; having joined. |
| pūjyate (पूज्यते) | present | is honored. |
| yogi-puṅgavaiḥ (योगि-पुङ्गवैः) | instrumental plural | a yogin. The stem before a case ending; a bull, the best of a kind. |
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. This set of six is to be guarded. It does the cleansing of the body. Joined to various qualities, it is honored by the best of yogins.