Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.32 Guarded like a gold casket
2.32
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मोचनं नेत्ररोगाणां तन्दाद्रीणां कपाटकम् ।
यत्नतस् त्राटकं गोप्यं यथा हाटकपेटकम् mocanaṃ netrarogāṇāṃ tandādrīṇāṃ kapāṭakam |
yatnatas trāṭakaṃ gopyaṃ yathā hāṭakapeṭakam
The line
It is the releasing of eye diseases and a door against sloths. Trāṭaka (त्राटक) is to be guarded with care, as a casket of gold.
नेपालीमा
यो आँखाका रोगको छुटकारा हो र आलस्यविरुद्धको ढोका हो। त्राटक सुनको मञ्जूषाझैँ सावधानीसाथ रक्षा गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Tandrā (तन्द्रा) is sloth, drowsiness. Hāṭaka-peṭaka (हाटक-पेटक) is a casket of gold. The comparison is the verse's own.
Split: mocanaṃ (मोचनं) netra (नेत्र) + rogāṇāṃ (रोगाणां) tandādrīṇāṃ (तन्दाद्रीणां) kapāṭakam (कपाटकम्) / yatnatas (यत्नत) trāṭakaṃ (त्राटकं) gopyaṃ (गोप्यं) yathā (यथा) hāṭaka (हाटक) + peṭakam (पेटकम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mocanaṃ (मोचनं) | nominative or accusative singular | releasing. |
| netra-rogāṇāṃ (नेत्र-रोगाणां) | form in the line | the eye; disease. |
| tandādrīṇāṃ (तन्दाद्रीणां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| kapāṭakam (कपाटकम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| yatnatas (यत्नत) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| trāṭakaṃ (त्राटकं) | nominative or accusative singular | trāṭaka (त्राटक). The steady gaze. |
| gopyaṃ (गोप्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | to be kept close. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
| hāṭaka-peṭakam (हाटक-पेटकम्) | nominative or accusative singular | gold; a box. |
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 is the releasing of eye diseases and a door against sloths. Trāṭaka (त्राटक) is to be guarded with care, as a casket of gold.