Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.84 Two things, hard to obtain
3.84
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
तत्र वस्तुद्वयं वक्ष्ये दुर्लभं यस्य कस्यचित् ।
क्षीरं चैकं द्वितीयं तु नारी च वशवर्तिनी tatra vastudvayaṃ vakṣye durlabhaṃ yasya kasyacit |
kṣīraṃ caikaṃ dvitīyaṃ tu nārī ca vaśavartinī
The line
Of that, I shall name two things, hard for just anyone to obtain. One is milk. The second is a woman who moves as he wishes.
नेपालीमा
त्यसमध्ये जोकोहीलाई पाउन गाह्रा दुई कुराको नाम म लिनेछु। एउटा दूध हो। दोस्रो उसको इच्छाअनुसार चल्ने स्त्री हो।
Where it sits
The verse's own two things. Vaśa-vartinī (वश-वर्तिनी) is one who moves according to his wish, a compliant woman.
Split: tatra (तत्र) vastu (वस्तु) + dvayaṃ (द्वयं) vakṣye (वक्ष्ये) durlabhaṃ (दुर्लभं) yasya (यस्य) kasyacit (कस्यचित्) / kṣīraṃ (क्षीरं) caikaṃ (चैकं) dvitīyaṃ (द्वितीयं) tu (तु) nārī (नारी) ca (च) vaśa (वश) + vartinī (वर्तिनी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| vastu-dvayaṃ (वस्तु-द्वयं) | nominative or accusative singular | a thing; a pair. |
| vakṣye (वक्ष्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | I shall tell. |
| durlabhaṃ (दुर्लभं) | nominative or accusative singular | hard to obtain. |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular | whose. |
| kasyacit (कस्यचित्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| kṣīraṃ (क्षीरं) | nominative or accusative singular | milk. |
| caikaṃ (चैकं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| dvitīyaṃ (द्वितीयं) | nominative or accusative singular | the second. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| nārī (नारी) | nominative singular | a woman. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vaśa-vartinī (वश-वर्तिनी) | nominative singular | will; abiding, compliant. |
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. Of that, I shall name two things, hard for just anyone to obtain. One is milk. The second is a woman who moves as he wishes.