Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.110 Neither asleep nor awake
4.110
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
चित्तं न सुप्तं नोजाग्रत् स्मृतिविस्मृतिवर्जितम् ।
न चास्तमेति नोदेति यस्यासौ मुक्त एव सः cittaṃ na suptaṃ nojāgrat smṛtivismṛtivarjitam |
na cāstam eti nodeti yasyāsau mukta eva saḥ
The line
The mind is not asleep and not awake, free of memory and of forgetting. It does not set and it does not rise. The one whose mind that is, is released.
नेपालीमा
मन सुतेको छैन र ब्युँझेको छैन, सम्झना र बिर्सनुबाट मुक्त छ। त्यो अस्ताउँदैन र उदाउँदैन। जसको मन यस्तो छ, ऊ मुक्त हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's own account of the mind in this state. Asta (अस्त) is the setting, udaya (उदय) the rising.
Split: cittaṃ (चित्तं) na (न) suptaṃ (सुप्तं) nojāgrat (नोजाग्रत्) smṛti (स्मृति) + vismṛti (विस्मृति) + varjitam (वर्जितम्) / na (न) cāstam (चास्तम्) eti (एति) nodeti (नोदेति) yasyāsau (यस्यासौ) mukta (मुक्त) eva (एव) saḥ (सः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| suptaṃ (सुप्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | asleep. |
| nojāgrat (नोजाग्रत्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| smṛti-vismṛti-varjitam (स्मृति-विस्मृति-वर्जितम्) | nominative or accusative singular | memory; forgetting; left. |
| cāstam (चास्तम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| eti (एति) | form in the line | goes. |
| nodeti (नोदेति) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| yasyāsau (यस्यासौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | as this verse uses the word. |
| mukta (मुक्त) | form in the line | released. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular | he. |
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 mind is not asleep and not awake, free of memory and of forgetting. It does not set and it does not rise. The one whose mind that is, is released.