Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.100 Viṣṇu's supreme place
4.100
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अनाहतस्य शब्दस्य ध्वनिर् य उपलभ्यते ।
ध्वनेरन्तर्गतं ज्ञेयं ज्ञेयस्यान्तर्गतं मनः ।
मनस् तत्र लयं याति तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् anāhatasya śabdasya dhvanir ya upalabhyate |
dhvaner antargataṃ jñeyaṃ jñeyasyāntargataṃ manaḥ |
manas tatra layaṃ yāti tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
The line
The resonance of the unstruck sound, the one that is obtained: inside the resonance is the knowable, inside the knowable is the mind. The mind goes to dissolution there. That is Viṣṇu (विष्णु)'s supreme place.
नेपालीमा
जुन पाइन्छ, त्यो अनाहत ध्वनिको अनुनाद हो। अनुनादभित्र ज्ञेय छ, ज्ञेयभित्र मन छ। मन त्यहीँ लयमा जान्छ। त्यो विष्णुको परम स्थान हो।
Where it sits
Three quarters. Anāhata (अनाहत) is the unstruck sound of 4.70. Dhvani (ध्वनि) is its resonance. The mind dissolves inside the knowable, inside the resonance. Viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam (विष्णोः परमं पदम्) is the same phrase as 3.109.
Split: anāhatasya (अनाहतस्य) śabdasya (शब्दस्य) dhvanir (ध्वनिर्) ya (य) upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) / dhvaner (ध्वनेर्) antargataṃ (अन्तर्गतं) jñeyaṃ (ज्ञेयं) jñeyasyāntargataṃ (ज्ञेयस्यान्तर्गतं) manaḥ (मनः) / manas (मन) tatra (तत्र) layaṃ (लयं) yāti (याति) tad (तद्) viṣṇoḥ (विष्णोः) paramaṃ (परमं) padam (पदम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anāhatasya (अनाहतस्य) | genitive singular | unstruck. |
| śabdasya (शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a sound. |
| dhvanir (ध्वनिर्) | form in the line | a sound. |
| ya (य) | form in the line | who, which. |
| upalabhyate (उपलभ्यते) | present | is obtained. |
| dhvaner (ध्वनेर्) | form in the line | a sound. |
| antargataṃ (अन्तर्गतं) | nominative or accusative singular | gone inside. |
| jñeyaṃ (ज्ञेयं) | nominative or accusative singular | the knowable. |
| jñeyasyāntargataṃ (ज्ञेयस्यान्तर्गतं) | nominative or accusative singular | what has gone inside the knowable. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular | mind. manaḥ (मनः) before a vowel in sandhi, or the stem. |
| manas (मन) | form in the line | the mind. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| layaṃ (लयं) | nominative or accusative singular | laya. |
| yāti (याति) | form in the line | goes. |
| tad (तद्) | form in the line | that. |
| viṣṇoḥ (विष्णोः) | form in the line | of Viṣṇu (विष्णु). |
| paramaṃ (परमं) | nominative or accusative singular | the supreme. |
| padam (पदम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the place. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 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. The resonance of the unstruck sound, the one that is obtained: inside the resonance is the knowable, inside the knowable is the mind. The mind goes to dissolution there. That is Viṣṇu (विष्णु)'s supreme place.