Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.68 The bee
2.68
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
वेगाद् घोषं पूरकं भृङ्गनादं भृङ्गीनादं रेचकं मन्दमन्दम् ।
योगीन्द्राणामेवमभ्यासयोगाच् चित्ते जाता काचिदानन्दलीला vegād ghoṣaṃ pūrakaṃ bhṛṅganādaṃ bhṛṅgīnādaṃ recakaṃ mandamandam |
yogīndrāṇām evam abhyāsayogāc citte jātā kācid ānandalīlā
The line
A filling that is a roar, by a rush, with the sound of a bee, and an emptying with the sound of a bee, very slowly: from the yoga of this practice of the lords of yogins, a certain play of bliss is born in the mind.
नेपालीमा
भमराको ध्वनिले वेगसाथ गर्जने भर्नु र भमराको ध्वनिले अति बिस्तारै खाली गर्नु, योगीहरूका स्वामीको यस अभ्यासको योगबाट मनमा आनन्दको एउटा खेल जन्मन्छ।
Where it sits
The reading is yogīndrāṇām (योगीन्द्राणाम्). Bhrāmarī (भ्रामरी) is the bee hold. The in-breath sounds like a bee, and the out-breath sounds like a bee. A bee returns among the inner sounds at 4.86.
Split: vegād (वेगाद्) ghoṣaṃ (घोषं) pūrakaṃ (पूरकं) bhṛṅga (भृङ्ग) + nādaṃ (नादं) bhṛṅgī (भृङ्गी) + nādaṃ (नादं) recakaṃ (रेचकं) manda (मन्द) + mandam (मन्दम्) / yogīndrāṇām (योगीन्द्राणाम्) evam (एवम्) abhyāsa (अभ्यास) + yogāc (योगाच्) citte (चित्ते) jātā (जाता) kācid (काचिद्) ānanda (आनन्द) + līlā (लीला)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vegād (वेगाद्) | form in the line | speed, a rush. |
| ghoṣaṃ (घोषं) | nominative or accusative singular | a roar, a sounding. |
| pūrakaṃ (पूरकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the in-breath. |
| bhṛṅga-nādaṃ (भृङ्ग-नादं) | nominative or accusative singular | a bee; the sound. |
| bhṛṅgī-nādaṃ (भृङ्गी-नादं) | nominative or accusative singular | a female bee; the sound. |
| recakaṃ (रेचकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the out-breath. |
| manda-mandam (मन्द-मन्दम्) | nominative or accusative singular | slow; slow. |
| yogīndrāṇām (योगीन्द्राणाम्) | genitive plural | a lord of yogins. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| abhyāsa-yogāc (अभ्यास-योगाच्) | form in the line | practice. |
| citte (चित्ते) | present | the mind. |
| jātā (जाता) | nominative singular | once born. |
| kācid (काचिद्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ānanda-līlā (आनन्द-लीला) | nominative singular | bliss; play. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 22, 22 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. A filling that is a roar, by a rush, with the sound of a bee, and an emptying with the sound of a bee, very slowly: from the yoga of this practice of the lords of yogins, a certain play of bliss is born in the mind.