Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.30 What neti gives
2.30
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कपालशोधिनी चैव दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदायिनी ।
जत्रूर्ध्वजातरोगौघं नेतिराशु निहन्ति च kapālaśodhinī caiva divyadṛṣṭipradāyinī |
jatrūrdhvajātarogaughaṃ netir āśu nihanti ca
The line
It cleans the skull and gives divine sight. Neti quickly destroys the mass of disease born above the collar-bone.
नेपालीमा
यसले खप्पर सफा गर्छ र दिव्य दृष्टि दिन्छ। नेतिले हँसडीभन्दा माथि जन्मेको रोगको राशि छिटो नष्ट गर्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of 2.29. Jatru (जत्रु) is the collar-bone.
Split: kapāla (कपाल) + śodhinī (शोधिनी) caiva (चैव) divya (दिव्य) + dṛṣṭi (दृष्टि) + pradāyinī (प्रदायिनी) / jatrūrdhva (जत्रूर्ध्व) + jāta (जात) + rogaughaṃ (रोगौघं) netir (नेतिर्) āśu (आशु) nihanti (निहन्ति) ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kapāla-śodhinī (कपाल-शोधिनी) | nominative singular | the skull; cleansing. |
| caiva (चैव) | indeclinable | and indeed. |
| divya-dṛṣṭi-pradāyinī (दिव्य-दृष्टि-प्रदायिनी) | nominative singular | divine; the gaze; a giver. |
| jatrūrdhva-jāta-rogaughaṃ (जत्रूर्ध्व-जात-रोगौघं) | nominative or accusative singular | once born. |
| netir (नेतिर्) | form in the line | neti. The nasal thread. |
| āśu (आशु) | form in the line | quickly. |
| nihanti (निहन्ति) | present | destroys. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
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. It cleans the skull and gives divine sight. Neti quickly destroys the mass of disease born above the collar-bone.