Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.35 Rock salt, and again in seven days
3.35
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
ततः सैन्धवपथ्याभ्यां चूर्णिताभ्यां प्रघर्षयेत् ।
पुनः सप्तदिने प्राप्ते रोममात्रं समुच्छिनेत् tataḥ saindhavapathyābhyāṃ cūrṇitābhyāṃ pragharṣayet |
punaḥ saptadine prāpte romamātraṃ samucchinet
The line
Then he should rub with rock salt and pathyā (पथ्या), both powdered. When seven days have come, he should cut a mere hair's breadth again.
नेपालीमा
अनि उसले ढुङ्गे नुन र पथ्या दुवै पिसेर त्यसले घस्नुपर्छ। सात दिन बितेपछि उसले फेरि केवल एक केश बराबर काट्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Saindhava (सैन्धव) is rock salt. Pathyā (पथ्या) is the wholesome drug the verse names beside it. The seven days are the verse's interval.
Split: tataḥ (ततः) saindhava (सैन्धव) + pathyābhyāṃ (पथ्याभ्यां) cūrṇitābhyāṃ (चूर्णिताभ्यां) pragharṣayet (प्रघर्षयेत्) / punaḥ (पुनः) sapta (सप्त) + dine (दिने) prāpte (प्राप्ते) roma (रोम) + mātraṃ (मात्रं) samucchinet (समुच्छिनेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| saindhava-pathyābhyāṃ (सैन्धव-पथ्याभ्यां) | form in the line | salt. |
| cūrṇitābhyāṃ (चूर्णिताभ्यां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| pragharṣayet (प्रघर्षयेत्) | optative | one should rub. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again. |
| sapta-dine (सप्त-दिने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | day by day. |
| prāpte (प्राप्ते) | present | arrived. |
| 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. Then he should rub with rock salt and pathyā (पथ्या), both powdered. When seven days have come, he should cut a mere hair's breadth again.