Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.104 Seed, field, and water
4.104
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
तत्त्वं बीजं हठः क्षेत्रमौदासीन्यं जलं त्रिभिः ।
उन्मनी कल्पलतिका सद्य एव प्रवर्तते tattvaṃ bījaṃ haṭhaḥ kṣetram audāsīnyaṃ jalaṃ tribhiḥ |
unmanī kalpalatikā sadya eva pravartate
The line
Truth is the seed. Haṭha (हठ) is the field. Indifference is the water. By the three, the wish-fulfilling vine of unmanī (उन्मनी) starts at once.
नेपालीमा
सत्य बीउ हो। हठ खेत हो। उदासीनता जल हो। यी तीनबाट उन्मनीको इच्छा पूरा गर्ने लता तुरुन्त सुरु हुन्छ।
Where it sits
A growing image. Audāsīnya (औदासीन्य) is indifference, the water. Kalpa-latā (कल्प-लता) is the vine that gives what is wished.
Split: tattvaṃ (तत्त्वं) bījaṃ (बीजं) haṭhaḥ (हठः) kṣetram (क्षेत्रम्) audāsīnyaṃ (औदासीन्यं) jalaṃ (जलं) tribhiḥ (त्रिभिः) / unmanī (उन्मनी) kalpa (कल्प) + latikā (लतिका) sadya (सद्य) eva (एव) pravartate (प्रवर्तते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tattvaṃ (तत्त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | the truth. |
| bījaṃ (बीजं) | nominative or accusative singular | the seed. |
| haṭhaḥ (हठः) | nominative singular | haṭha (हठ). The yoga of force. |
| kṣetram (क्षेत्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the field. |
| audāsīnyaṃ (औदासीन्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | indifference. |
| jalaṃ (जलं) | nominative or accusative singular | the water. |
| tribhiḥ (त्रिभिः) | nominative singular | by the three. |
| unmanī (उन्मनी) | nominative singular | unmanī (उन्मनी). |
| kalpa-latikā (कल्प-लतिका) | nominative singular | wish-granting; a creeper. |
| sadya (सद्य) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| pravartate (प्रवर्तते) | present | goes forth. |
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. Truth is the seed. Haṭha (हठ) is the field. Indifference is the water. By the three, the wish-fulfilling vine of unmanī (उन्मनी) starts at once.