Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.24 Dhauti, the cloth
2.24
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
चतुरङ्गुलविस्तारं हस्तपञ्चदशायतम् ।
गुरूपदिष्टमार्गेण सिक्तं वस्त्रं शनैर् ग्रसेत् ।
पुनः प्रत्याहरेच् चैतदुदितं धौतिकर्म तत् caturaṅgulavistāraṃ hastapañcadaśāyatam |
gurūpadiṣṭamārgeṇa siktaṃ vastraṃ śanair graset |
punaḥ pratyāharec caitad uditaṃ dhautikarma tat
The line
A cloth four fingers wide and fifteen hands long, moistened, swallowed slowly by the path the guru taught, and drawn back again: that is called the dhauti act.
नेपालीमा
चार औँला चौडा र पन्ध्र हात लामो कपडा भिजाएर, गुरुले सिकाएको बाटोबाट बिस्तारै निलेर, फेरि तानिएको त्यसलाई धौति कर्म भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
A heading, tatra dhautiḥ (तत्र धौतिः), stands before the verse and is not recited. The verse gives the cloth's measure and the swallowing. The sitting glosses those words and adds no further procedure.
Split: catur (चतुर्) + aṅgula (अङ्गुल) + vistāraṃ (विस्तारं) hasta (हस्त) + pañca (पञ्च) + daśāyatam (दशायतम्) / gurūpadiṣṭa (गुरूपदिष्ट) + mārgeṇa (मार्गेण) siktaṃ (सिक्तं) vastraṃ (वस्त्रं) śanair (शनैर्) graset (ग्रसेत्) / punaḥ (पुनः) pratyāharec (प्रत्याहरेच्) caitad (चैतद्) uditaṃ (उदितं) dhauti (धौति) + karma (कर्म) tat (तत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| catur-aṅgula-vistāraṃ (चतुर्-अङ्गुल-विस्तारं) | nominative or accusative singular | four; a finger; width. |
| hasta-pañca-daśāyatam (हस्त-पञ्च-दशायतम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the hands. |
| gurūpadiṣṭa-mārgeṇa (गुरूपदिष्ट-मार्गेण) | instrumental singular | the path. |
| siktaṃ (सिक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | moistened. |
| vastraṃ (वस्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular | cloth. |
| śanair (शनैर्) | form in the line | slowly. |
| graset (ग्रसेत्) | optative | should swallow. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again. |
| pratyāharec (प्रत्याहरेच्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| caitad (चैतद्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| uditaṃ (उदितं) | nominative or accusative singular | risen. |
| dhauti-karma (धौति-कर्म) | form in the line | dhauti. The cleansing by cloth; an act. |
| tat (तत्) | form in the line | that. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 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. A cloth four fingers wide and fifteen hands long, moistened, swallowed slowly by the path the guru taught, and drawn back again: that is called the dhauti act.