Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.4 While the channels are stained
2.4
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मलाकलासु नाडीषु मारुतो नैव मध्यगः ।
कथं स्यादुन्मनीभावः कार्यसिद्धिः कथं भवेत् malākalāsu nāḍīṣu māruto naiva madhyagaḥ |
kathaṃ syād unmanībhāvaḥ kāryasiddhiḥ kathaṃ bhavet
The line
While the channels are stained with impurity, the wind does not go in the middle. How would the unmanī (उन्मनी) state arise, and how would the work succeed?
नेपालीमा
नाडी अशुद्धिले दागिएका हुँदा वायु बीचमा जाँदैन। उन्मनी अवस्था कसरी उत्पन्न हुन्थ्यो, र कर्म कसरी सिद्ध हुन्थ्यो?
Where it sits
Madhyaga (मध्यग) is gone into the middle, the suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा). 2.5 says when the cleansing has happened he is able to gather the breath.
Split: malākalāsu (मलाकलासु) nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु) māruto (मारुतो) naiva (नैव) madhyagaḥ (मध्यगः) / kathaṃ (कथं) syād (स्याद्) unmanībhāvaḥ (उन्मनीभावः) kārya (कार्य) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) kathaṃ (कथं) bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| malākalāsu (मलाकलासु) | locative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| nāḍīṣu (नाडीषु) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| māruto (मारुतो) | form in the line | the wind. |
| naiva (नैव) | form in the line | the verse's own not-yet. |
| madhyagaḥ (मध्यगः) | nominative singular | in the middle. |
| kathaṃ (कथं) | indeclinable | how. |
| syād (स्याद्) | form in the line | would be. |
| unmanībhāvaḥ (उन्मनीभावः) | nominative singular | the state of unmanī (उन्मनी). |
| kārya-siddhiḥ (कार्य-सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | to be done; success. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
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. While the channels are stained with impurity, the wind does not go in the middle. How would the unmanī (उन्मनी) state arise, and how would the work succeed?