Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.114 Until then, the talk is empty
4.114
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यावन् नैव प्रविशति चरन् मारुतो मध्यमार्गे यावद् विदुर् न भवति दृढः प्राणवातप्रबन्धात् ।
यावद् ध्याने सहजसदृशं जायते नैव तत्त्वं तावज् ज्ञानं वदति तदिदं दम्भमिथ्याप्रलापः yāvan naiva praviśati caran māruto madhyamārge yāvad vidur na bhavati dṛḍhaḥ prāṇavātaprabandhāt |
yāvad dhyāne sahajasadṛśaṃ jāyate naiva tattvaṃ tāvaj jñānaṃ vadati tad idaṃ dambhamithyāpralāpaḥ
The line
So long as the moving wind has not entered the middle path, so long as the bond born of the prāṇa-wind has not become firm for the knower, so long as in meditation a truth like the natural one has not been born, the knowledge that speaks this is boast and empty talk.
नेपालीमा
चल्ने वायु मध्य मार्गमा नपसेसम्म, ज्ञाताका लागि प्राणवायुबाट जन्मेको बन्धन दृढ नभएसम्म, ध्यानमा सहजजस्तो सत्य नजन्मेसम्म, यो बोल्ने ज्ञान दम्भ र रित्तो कुरा हो।
Where it sits
The chapter's last verse. Each yāvan na (यावन् न) is the verse's own: until the wind is in the middle, until the bond is firm, until the natural truth is born in meditation, the talk that says the knowledge is boast and empty talk. The three conditions are the practice the book has been teaching. Madhya-mārga (मध्य-मार्ग) is the middle path. Sahaja (सहज) is the natural, one of the names at 4.4.
Split: yāvan (यावन्) naiva (नैव) praviśati (प्रविशति) caran (चरन्) māruto (मारुतो) madhya (मध्य) + mārge (मार्गे) yāvad (यावद्) vidur (विदुर्) na (न) bhavati (भवति) dṛḍhaḥ (दृढः) prāṇa (प्राण) + vāta (वात) + prabandhāt (प्रबन्धात्) / yāvad (यावद्) dhyāne (ध्याने) sahaja (सहज) + sadṛśaṃ (सदृशं) jāyate (जायते) naiva (नैव) tattvaṃ (तत्त्वं) tāvaj (तावज्) jñānaṃ (ज्ञानं) vadati (वदति) tad (तद्) idaṃ (इदं) dambha (दम्भ) + mithyā (मिथ्या) + pralāpaḥ (प्रलापः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāvan (यावन्) | form in the line | so long as. |
| naiva (नैव) | form in the line | the verse's own not-yet. |
| praviśati (प्रविशति) | present | enters. |
| caran (चरन्) | form in the line | moving. |
| māruto (मारुतो) | form in the line | the wind. |
| madhya-mārge (मध्य-मार्गे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the middle; the path. |
| yāvad (यावद्) | indeclinable | for as long as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound. |
| vidur (विदुर्) | form in the line | they know. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| bhavati (भवति) | present | becomes. |
| dṛḍhaḥ (दृढः) | nominative singular | firm. |
| prāṇa-vāta-prabandhāt (प्राण-वात-प्रबन्धात्) | ablative singular | prāṇa (प्राण); wind; the binding. |
| dhyāne (ध्याने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | meditation. |
| sahaja-sadṛśaṃ (सहज-सदृशं) | nominative or accusative singular | natural; like. |
| jāyate (जायते) | present | is born. |
| tattvaṃ (तत्त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | the truth. |
| tāvaj (तावज्) | form in the line | so long. |
| jñānaṃ (ज्ञानं) | nominative or accusative singular | knowledge. |
| vadati (वदति) | present | says. |
| tad (तद्) | form in the line | that. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| dambha-mithyā-pralāpaḥ (दम्भ-मिथ्या-प्रलापः) | nominative singular | boast; empty; talk. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 34, 34 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. So long as the moving wind has not entered the middle path, so long as the bond born of the prāṇa-wind has not become firm for the knower, so long as in meditation a truth like the natural one has not been born, the knowledge that speaks this is boast and empty talk.