Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.34 A hair's breadth
3.34
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
स्नुहीपत्रनिभं शस्त्रं सुतीक्ष्णं स्निग्धनिर्मलम् ।
समादाय ततस् तेन रोममात्रं समुच्छिनेत् snuhīpatranibhaṃ śastraṃ sutīkṣṇaṃ snigdhanirmalam |
samādāya tatas tena romamātraṃ samucchinet
The line
Taking a knife like the leaf of the milk-hedge, very sharp, smooth, and clean, he should then cut a mere hair's breadth with it.
नेपालीमा
दूधिलो झाडीको पातजस्तो, एकदम धारिलो, चिल्लो र सफा छुरा लिएर उसले केवल एक केश बराबर काट्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's own measure is roma-mātra (रोम-मात्र), a mere hair. Snuhī (स्नुही) is the milk-hedge. The words are the verse's. They are not a procedure added here.
Split: snuhī (स्नुही) + patra (पत्र) + nibhaṃ (निभं) śastraṃ (शस्त्रं) sutīkṣṇaṃ (सुतीक्ष्णं) snigdha (स्निग्ध) + nirmalam (निर्मलम्) / samādāya (समादाय) tatas (तत) tena (तेन) roma (रोम) + mātraṃ (मात्रं) samucchinet (समुच्छिनेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| snuhī-patra-nibhaṃ (स्नुही-पत्र-निभं) | nominative or accusative singular | the milk-hedge plant; a petal; resembling. |
| śastraṃ (शस्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular | weapons. |
| sutīkṣṇaṃ (सुतीक्ष्णं) | nominative or accusative singular | very sharp. |
| snigdha-nirmalam (स्निग्ध-निर्मलम्) | nominative or accusative singular | oily, smooth; spotless. |
| samādāya (समादाय) | dative singular | having taken. |
| tatas (तत) | form in the line | then. |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | with that. |
| roma-mātraṃ (रोम-मात्रं) | nominative or accusative singular | mere. |
| samucchinet (समुच्छिनेत्) | optative | one should cut. |
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. Taking a knife like the leaf of the milk-hedge, very sharp, smooth, and clean, he should then cut a mere hair's breadth with it.