Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.77 The mind with nowhere to rest
2.77
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कुम्भकप्राणरोधान्ते कुर्याच् चित्तं निराश्रयम् ।
एवमभ्यासयोगेन राजयोगपदं व्रजेत् kumbhakaprāṇarodhānte kuryāc cittaṃ nirāśrayam |
evam abhyāsayogena rājayogapadaṃ vrajet
The line
At the end of the restraining of prāṇa (प्राण) in the kumbhaka, he should make the mind one that has nowhere to rest. By the yoga of this practice he goes to the place of rāja (राज) yoga.
नेपालीमा
कुम्भकमा प्राणको निरोधको अन्त्यमा उसले मनलाई कहीँ आश्रय नभएको बनाउनुपर्छ। यस अभ्यासको योगले ऊ राजयोगको स्थानमा जान्छ।
Where it sits
Nirāśraya (निराश्रय) is without a resting place. The place he goes to is the height named in 1.1.
Split: kumbhaka (कुम्भक) + prāṇa (प्राण) + rodhānte (रोधान्ते) kuryāc (कुर्याच्) cittaṃ (चित्तं) nirāśrayam (निराश्रयम्) / evam (एवम्) abhyāsa (अभ्यास) + yogena (योगेन) rāja (राज) + yoga (योग) + padaṃ (पदं) vrajet (व्रजेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kumbhaka-prāṇa-rodhānte (कुम्भक-प्राण-रोधान्ते) | present | kumbhaka. Retention of the breath; prāṇa (प्राण). |
| kuryāc (कुर्याच्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| nirāśrayam (निराश्रयम्) | nominative or accusative singular | without a support. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| abhyāsa-yogena (अभ्यास-योगेन) | instrumental singular | practice; yoga. |
| rāja-yoga-padaṃ (राज-योग-पदं) | nominative or accusative singular | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; yoga; to go, to fall. |
| vrajet (व्रजेत्) | optative | it goes. |
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. At the end of the restraining of prāṇa (प्राण) in the kumbhaka, he should make the mind one that has nowhere to rest. By the yoga of this practice he goes to the place of rāja (राज) yoga.