Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.109 Smell, taste, form, touch, sound
4.109
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
न गन्धं न रसं रूपं न च स्पर्शं न निःस्वनम् ।
नात्मानं न परं वेत्ति योगी युक्तः समाधिना na gandhaṃ na rasaṃ rūpaṃ na ca sparśaṃ na niḥsvanam |
nātmānaṃ na paraṃ vetti yogī yuktaḥ samādhinā
The line
The verse says the yogin joined to samādhi (समाधि) does not know smell, taste, form, touch, or sound, and does not know himself, and does not know another.
नेपालीमा
श्लोकले समाधिमा जोडिएको योगीले गन्ध, स्वाद, रूप, स्पर्श वा शब्द जान्दैन, आफूलाई जान्दैन, र अर्कालाई जान्दैन भन्छ।
Where it sits
The five sense-objects, then self and other. The na (न) is the verse's own, said of the knowing.
Split: na (न) gandhaṃ (गन्धं) na (न) rasaṃ (रसं) rūpaṃ (रूपं) na (न) ca (च) sparśaṃ (स्पर्शं) na (न) niḥsvanam (निःस्वनम्) / nātmānaṃ (नात्मानं) na (न) paraṃ (परं) vetti (वेत्ति) yogī (योगी) yuktaḥ (युक्तः) samādhinā (समाधिना)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| gandhaṃ (गन्धं) | nominative or accusative singular | scent. |
| rasaṃ (रसं) | nominative or accusative singular | taste. |
| rūpaṃ (रूपं) | nominative or accusative singular | color. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| sparśaṃ (स्पर्शं) | nominative or accusative singular | touch. |
| niḥsvanam (निःस्वनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | sound. |
| nātmānaṃ (नात्मानं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| paraṃ (परं) | indeclinable | after, beyond. |
| vetti (वेत्ति) | form in the line | knows. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| yuktaḥ (युक्तः) | nominative singular | joined. |
| samādhinā (समाधिना) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
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. The verse says the yogin joined to samādhi (समाधि) does not know smell, taste, form, touch, or sound, and does not know himself, and does not know another.