Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.46 As fire needs fuel
3.46
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
इन्धनानि यथा वह्निस् तैलवर्ति च दीपकः ।
तथा सोमकलापूर्णं देही देहं न मुञ्चति indhanāni yathā vahnis tailavarti ca dīpakaḥ |
tathā somakalāpūrṇaṃ dehī dehaṃ na muñcati
The line
As a fire leaves its fuels, and a lamp leaves the oil and the wick, so the embodied one whose body is full of the moon's digits does not leave the body.
नेपालीमा
जसरी आगोले आफ्ना इन्धन छाड्छ र बत्तीले तेल र सलेदो छाड्छ, त्यसरी चन्द्रका कलाहरूले भरिएको शरीर भएको देहीले शरीर छाड्दैन।
Where it sits
The simile is the verse's. A fire without fuel goes out. The body full of the moon's digits is the one the verse says stays.
Split: indhanāni (इन्धनानि) yathā (यथा) vahnis (वह्नि) taila (तैल) + varti (वर्ति) ca (च) dīpakaḥ (दीपकः) / tathā (तथा) soma (सोम) + kalā (कला) + pūrṇaṃ (पूर्णं) dehī (देही) dehaṃ (देहं) na (न) muñcati (मुञ्चति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| indhanāni (इन्धनानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | fuel. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
| vahnis (वह्नि) | form in the line | fire. |
| taila-varti (तैल-वर्ति) | form in the line | oil; a wick. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| dīpakaḥ (दीपकः) | nominative singular | a lamp. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| soma-kalā-pūrṇaṃ (सोम-कला-पूर्णं) | nominative or accusative singular | the moon; a digit; full. |
| dehī (देही) | nominative singular | the body. |
| dehaṃ (देहं) | nominative or accusative singular | the body. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| muñcati (मुञ्चति) | present | releases. |
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. As a fire leaves its fuels, and a lamp leaves the oil and the wick, so the embodied one whose body is full of the moon's digits does not leave the body.