Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.47 The code, as the verse will decode it
3.47
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
गोमांसं भक्षयेन् नित्यं पिबेदमरवारुणीम् ।
कुलीनं तमहं मन्ये चेतरे कुलघातकाः gomāṃsaṃ bhakṣayen nityaṃ pibed amaravāruṇīm |
kulīnaṃ tam ahaṃ manye cetare kulaghātakāḥ
The line
He should always eat the flesh of the cow and drink the deathless vāruṇī (वारुणी). I think him a man of good family. The others are destroyers of the family.
नेपालीमा
उसले सधैँ गाईको मासु खानुपर्छ र अमर वारुणी पिउनुपर्छ। म उसलाई कुलीन मान्छु। अरू कुलका नाशक हुन्।
Where it sits
The next two verses decode the code. Go-māṃsa (गो-मांस) is the tongue entered into the palate, at 3.48. Amara-vāruṇī (अमर-वारुणी) is the cool essence flowing from the moon, at 3.49. The sitting teaches the code the verses themselves give.
Split: gomāṃsaṃ (गोमांसं) bhakṣayen (भक्षयेन्) nityaṃ (नित्यं) pibed (पिबेद्) amara (अमर) + vāruṇīm (वारुणीम्) / kulīnaṃ (कुलीनं) tam (तम्) ahaṃ (अहं) manye (मन्ये) cetare (चेतरे) kula (कुल) + ghātakāḥ (घातकाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gomāṃsaṃ (गोमांसं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhakṣayen (भक्षयेन्) | form in the line | one should eat. |
| nityaṃ (नित्यं) | indeclinable | constantly. |
| pibed (पिबेद्) | form in the line | one should drink. |
| amara-vāruṇīm (अमर-वारुणीम्) | accusative singular, feminine | deathless; the liquor of Varuṇa (वरुण). The next verses decode it. |
| kulīnaṃ (कुलीनं) | nominative or accusative singular | well-born. |
| tam (तम्) | nominative or accusative singular | that. |
| ahaṃ (अहं) | nominative singular | I. |
| manye (मन्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | I think. |
| cetare (चेतरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
| kula-ghātakāḥ (कुल-घातकाः) | nominative plural | a family; a destroyer. |
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. He should always eat the flesh of the cow and drink the deathless vāruṇī (वारुणी). I think him a man of good family. The others are destroyers of the family.