Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.4 Names of the middle path
3.4
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
सुषुम्णा शून्यपदवी ब्रह्मरन्ध्रः महापथः ।
श्मशानं शाम्भवी मध्यमार्गश् चेत्येकवाचकाः suṣumṇā śūnyapadavī brahmarandhraḥ mahāpathaḥ |
śmaśānaṃ śāmbhavī madhyamārgaś cety ekavācakāḥ
The line
Suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा), the empty path, the brahma-opening, the great path, the burning-ground, the Śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी), and the middle way: these are words for one thing.
नेपालीमा
सुषुम्णा, रित्तो बाटो, ब्रह्मको द्वार, महान् बाटो, श्मशान, शाम्भवी र बीचको बाटो यी एउटै कुराका शब्द हुन्।
Where it sits
Eka-vācaka (एक-वाचक) means they speak one thing. The fourth chapter uses the same phrase for the names of samādhi (समाधि).
Split: suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा) śūnya (शून्य) + padavī (पदवी) brahma (ब्रह्म) + randhraḥ (रन्ध्रः) mahāpathaḥ (महापथः) / śmaśānaṃ (श्मशानं) śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी) madhya (मध्य) + mārgaś (मार्गश्) cety (चेत्य्) eka (एक) + vācakāḥ (वाचकाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा) | nominative singular | suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा). |
| śūnya-padavī (शून्य-पदवी) | nominative singular | empty; a path. |
| brahma-randhraḥ (ब्रह्म-रन्ध्रः) | nominative singular | Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), or the stem of Brahman, as the compound decides; an opening. |
| mahāpathaḥ (महापथः) | nominative singular | the great path. |
| śmaśānaṃ (श्मशानं) | nominative or accusative singular | a burning ground. |
| śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी) | nominative singular | śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी). |
| madhya-mārgaś (मध्य-मार्गश्) | form in the line | the middle; the path. |
| cety (चेत्य्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| eka-vācakāḥ (एक-वाचकाः) | nominative plural | one; a word for the same thing. |
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. Suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा), the empty path, the brahma-opening, the great path, the burning-ground, the Śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी), and the middle way: these are words for one thing.