Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.72 Until kevala succeeds
2.72
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यावत् केवलसिद्धिः स्यात् सहितं तावदभ्यसेत् ।
रेचकं पूरकं मुक्त्वा सुखं यद् वायुधारणम् yāvat kevalasiddhiḥ syāt sahitaṃ tāvad abhyaset |
recakaṃ pūrakaṃ muktvā sukhaṃ yad vāyudhāraṇam
The line
So long as success in kevala has not come, he should practice the sahita. The easeful holding of the wind, once emptying and filling are left, is what follows.
नेपालीमा
केवलमा सिद्धि नआउञ्जेल उसले सहित अभ्यास गर्नुपर्छ। खाली गर्नु र भर्नु छोडिएपछि आउने कुरा वायुलाई सहजसँग समात्नु हो।
Where it sits
The verse's muktvā (मुक्त्वा) is having left the emptying and the filling. The next verse names that holding.
Split: yāvat (यावत्) kevala (केवल) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः) syāt (स्यात्) sahitaṃ (सहितं) tāvad (तावद्) abhyaset (अभ्यसेत्) / recakaṃ (रेचकं) pūrakaṃ (पूरकं) muktvā (मुक्त्वा) sukhaṃ (सुखं) yad (यद्) vāyu (वायु) + dhāraṇam (धारणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvat (यावत्) | indeclinable | so long as. |
| kevala-siddhiḥ (केवल-सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | alone. The kevala hold is the holding by itself; success. |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative | would be. |
| sahitaṃ (सहितं) | nominative or accusative singular | sahita. Accompanied. Retention joined to an in-breath and an out-breath. |
| tāvad (तावद्) | indeclinable | for that long. |
| abhyaset (अभ्यसेत्) | optative | one should practice. |
| recakaṃ (रेचकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the out-breath. |
| pūrakaṃ (पूरकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the in-breath. |
| muktvā (मुक्त्वा) | absolutive | having left. |
| sukhaṃ (सुखं) | nominative or accusative singular | ease. |
| yad (यद्) | form in the line | whatever. |
| vāyu-dhāraṇam (वायु-धारणम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the breath; holding. |
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 success in kevala has not come, he should practice the sahita. The easeful holding of the wind, once emptying and filling are left, is what follows.