Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.40 While the gaze is between the brows
2.40
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यावद् बद्धो मरुद् देहे यावच् चित्तं निराकुलम् ।
यावद् दृष्टिर् भ्रुवोर् मध्ये तावत् कालभयं कुतः yāvad baddho marud dehe yāvac cittaṃ nirākulam |
yāvad dṛṣṭir bhruvor madhye tāvat kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ
The line
So long as the wind is bound in the body, so long as the mind is unconfused, so long as the gaze is in the middle of the brows, the verse asks from where the fear of time would come.
नेपालीमा
जतिञ्जेल वायु शरीरमा बाँधिएको हुन्छ, जतिञ्जेल मन नअलमलिएको हुन्छ, जतिञ्जेल दृष्टि भौंको बीचमा हुन्छ, श्लोक सोध्छ, कालको डर कहाँबाट आउँथ्यो?
Where it sits
Bhruvor madhye (भ्रुवोर् मध्ये) is between the brows, the gaze already set in siddhāsana (सिद्धासन) at 1.37.
Split: yāvad (यावद्) baddho (बद्धो) marud (मरुद्) dehe (देहे) yāvac (यावच्) cittaṃ (चित्तं) nirākulam (निराकुलम्) / yāvad (यावद्) dṛṣṭir (दृष्टिर्) bhruvor (भ्रुवोर्) madhye (मध्ये) tāvat (तावत्) kāla (काल) + bhayaṃ (भयं) kutaḥ (कुतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvad (यावद्) | indeclinable | for as long as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound. |
| baddho (बद्धो) | form in the line | bound. |
| marud (मरुद्) | form in the line | a god of wind. Also the breath. |
| dehe (देहे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the body. |
| yāvac (यावच्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| nirākulam (निराकुलम्) | nominative or accusative singular | unconfused. |
| dṛṣṭir (दृष्टिर्) | form in the line | the gaze. |
| bhruvor (भ्रुवोर्) | form in the line | of the two brows. |
| madhye (मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the middle. |
| tāvat (तावत्) | indeclinable | so long. |
| kāla-bhayaṃ (काल-भयं) | nominative or accusative singular | by time; fear. |
| kutaḥ (कुतः) | indeclinable | from where. The verse's question expects no source. |
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. So long as the wind is bound in the body, so long as the mind is unconfused, so long as the gaze is in the middle of the brows, the verse asks from where the fear of time would come.