Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.25 What dhauti clears
2.25
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कासश्वासप्लीहकुष्ठं कफरोगाश् च विंशतिः ।
धौतिकर्मप्रभावेण प्रयान्त्येव न संशयः kāsaśvāsaplīhakuṣṭhaṃ kapharogāś ca viṃśatiḥ |
dhautikarmaprabhāveṇa prayānty eva na saṃśayaḥ
The line
Cough, asthma, spleen, skin disease, and twenty diseases of phlegm go by the power of the dhauti act. The verse says there is no doubt.
नेपालीमा
खोकी, दम, प्लीहा, छालाको रोग र कफका बीस रोग धौति कर्मको शक्तिले जान्छन्। श्लोकले शङ्का छैन भन्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of 2.24.
Split: kāsa (कास) + śvāsa (श्वास) + plīha (प्लीह) + kuṣṭhaṃ (कुष्ठं) kapharogāś (कफरोगाश्) ca (च) viṃśatiḥ (विंशतिः) / dhauti (धौति) + karma (कर्म) + prabhāveṇa (प्रभावेण) prayānty (प्रयान्त्य्) eva (एव) na (न) saṃśayaḥ (संशयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāsa-śvāsa-plīha-kuṣṭhaṃ (कास-श्वास-प्लीह-कुष्ठं) | nominative or accusative singular | cough; inhalation; skin disease. |
| kapharogāś (कफरोगाश्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| viṃśatiḥ (विंशतिः) | nominative singular | twenty. |
| dhauti-karma-prabhāveṇa (धौति-कर्म-प्रभावेण) | instrumental singular | dhauti. The cleansing by cloth; an act; power. |
| prayānty (प्रयान्त्य्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| saṃśayaḥ (संशयः) | nominative singular | doubt. |
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. Cough, asthma, spleen, skin disease, and twenty diseases of phlegm go by the power of the dhauti act. The verse says there is no doubt.