Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.56 Lord of yogins
2.56
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
भवेत् सत्त्वं च देहस्य सर्वोपद्रववर्जितः ।
अनेन विधिना सत्यं योगीन्द्रो भूमिमण्डले bhavet sattvaṃ ca dehasya sarvopadravavarjitaḥ |
anena vidhinā satyaṃ yogīndro bhūmimaṇḍale
The line
Sattva of the body arises, and he is one who has left every calamity. By this rule, truly, the yogin becomes the lord of yogins on the circle of the earth.
नेपालीमा
शरीरको सत्त्व उत्पन्न हुन्छ, र ऊ हरेक विपत्ति त्यागेको हुन्छ। यस विधिले साँच्चै योगी पृथ्वीको वृत्तमा योगीहरूको स्वामी हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Closes the sītkārī (सीत्कारी) account.
Split: bhavet (भवेत्) sattvaṃ (सत्त्वं) ca (च) dehasya (देहस्य) sarvopadrava (सर्वोपद्रव) + varjitaḥ (वर्जितः) / anena (अनेन) vidhinā (विधिना) satyaṃ (सत्यं) yogīndro (योगीन्द्रो) bhūmi (भूमि) + maṇḍale (मण्डले)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
| sattvaṃ (सत्त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | clarity. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| dehasya (देहस्य) | genitive singular | the body. |
| sarvopadrava-varjitaḥ (सर्वोपद्रव-वर्जितः) | nominative singular | left. |
| anena (अनेन) | instrumental singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| vidhinā (विधिना) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| satyaṃ (सत्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | true. |
| yogīndro (योगीन्द्रो) | form in the line | a lord of yogins. |
| bhūmi-maṇḍale (भूमि-मण्डले) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the ground; a round of forty days, in this verse's practice. |
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. Sattva of the body arises, and he is one who has left every calamity. By this rule, truly, the yogin becomes the lord of yogins on the circle of the earth.