Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.48 The tongue is the cow
3.48
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
गोशब्देनोदिता जिह्वा तत् प्रवेशो हि तालुनि ।
गोमांसभक्षणं तत् तु महापातकनाशनम् gośabdenoditā jihvā tat praveśo hi tāluni |
gomāṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ tat tu mahāpātakanāśanam
The line
By the word cow the tongue is meant, and its entering is into the palate. That eating of the cow's flesh is the destruction of a great transgression.
नेपालीमा
गाई शब्दले जिब्रो भनिएको हो, र त्यसको प्रवेश तालुमा हो। त्यो गाईको मासु खानु महान् अपराधको नाश हो।
Where it sits
The verse's own decoding of 3.47.
Split: go (गो) + śabdenoditā (शब्देनोदिता) jihvā (जिह्वा) tat (तत्) praveśo (प्रवेशो) hi (हि) tāluni (तालुनि) / go (गो) + māṃsa (मांस) + bhakṣaṇaṃ (भक्षणं) tat (तत्) tu (तु) mahā (महा) + pātaka (पातक) + nāśanam (नाशनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| go-śabdenoditā (गो-शब्देनोदिता) | nominative singular | a cow. In the next verse, the code-word for the tongue. |
| jihvā (जिह्वा) | nominative singular | the tongue. |
| tat (तत्) | form in the line | that. |
| praveśo (प्रवेशो) | form in the line | entering. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| tāluni (तालुनि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| go-māṃsa-bhakṣaṇaṃ (गो-मांस-भक्षणं) | nominative or accusative singular | a cow. In the next verse, the code-word for the tongue; flesh; eating. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| mahā-pātaka-nāśanam (महा-पातक-नाशनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | great; a falling, a great wrong. The verse turns the phrase; destruction. |
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. By the word cow the tongue is meant, and its entering is into the palate. That eating of the cow's flesh is the destruction of a great transgression.