Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.129 The guru who gives the lineage
3.129
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उपदेशं हि मुद्राणां यो दत्ते साम्प्रदायिकम् ।
स एव श्रीगुरुः स्वामी साक्षादीश्वर एव सः upadeśaṃ hi mudrāṇāṃ yo datte sāmpradāyikam |
sa eva śrīguruḥ svāmī sākṣād īśvara eva saḥ
The line
The one who gives the lineage teaching of the mudrā (मुद्रा) seals: he is the glorious guru, the master, and the verse says he is Īśvara (ईश्वर) in person.
नेपालीमा
मुद्राका छापको परम्पराको शिक्षा दिने व्यक्ति नै यशस्वी गुरु र स्वामी हो, र श्लोकले ऊ साक्षात् ईश्वर हो भन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's īśvara (ईश्वर) is this guru. Yoga Sūtra (सूत्र) 1.24 speaks of Īśvara (ईश्वर) as a special puruṣa (पुरुष). The two sentences can sit beside each other. The verse here is about the guru who gives the seals.
Split: upadeśaṃ (उपदेशं) hi (हि) mudrāṇāṃ (मुद्राणां) yo (यो) datte (दत्ते) sāmpradāyikam (साम्प्रदायिकम्) / sa (स) eva (एव) śrī (श्री) + guruḥ (गुरुः) svāmī (स्वामी) sākṣād (साक्षाद्) īśvara (ईश्वर) eva (एव) saḥ (सः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upadeśaṃ (उपदेशं) | nominative or accusative singular | the teaching. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| mudrāṇāṃ (मुद्राणां) | form in the line | the seal. |
| yo (यो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| datte (दत्ते) | present | gives. |
| sāmpradāyikam (साम्प्रदायिकम्) | nominative or accusative singular | belonging to the lineage. |
| sa (स) | form in the line | he. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| śrī-guruḥ (श्री-गुरुः) | form in the line | glorious; the guru. |
| svāmī (स्वामी) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| sākṣād (साक्षाद्) | form in the line | in person. |
| īśvara (ईश्वर) | form in the line | Īśvara (ईश्वर). |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular | he. |
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. The one who gives the lineage teaching of the mudrā (मुद्रा) seals: he is the glorious guru, the master, and the verse says he is Īśvara (ईश्वर) in person.