Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.13 Homage to the deathless
4.13
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अमराय नमस् तुभ्यं सोऽपि कालस् त्वया जितः ।
पतितं वदने यस्य जगदेतच् चराचरम् amarāya namas tubhyaṃ so'pi kālas tvayā jitaḥ |
patitaṃ vadane yasya jagad etac carācaram
The line
Homage to you, deathless one. Even that Time has been conquered by you, into whose mouth this moving and unmoving world has fallen.
नेपालीमा
तिमी अमरलाई नमस्कार। जसको मुखमा यो चर र अचर जगत् परेको छ, त्यो काल समेत तिमीले जितेका छौ।
Where it sits
The verse turns and addresses the deathless. Kāla (काल) is Time. The world has fallen into his mouth, and the verse says Time is conquered.
Split: amarāya (अमराय) namas (नम) tubhyaṃ (तुभ्यं) so'pi (सोऽपि) kālas (काल) tvayā (त्वया) jitaḥ (जितः) / patitaṃ (पतितं) vadane (वदने) yasya (यस्य) jagad (जगद्) etac (एतच्) carācaram (चराचरम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| amarāya (अमराय) | dative singular | deathless. |
| namas (नम) | form in the line | homage. |
| tubhyaṃ (तुभ्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | to you. |
| so'pi (सोऽपि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| kālas (काल) | form in the line | by time. |
| tvayā (त्वया) | nominative singular | by you. |
| jitaḥ (जितः) | nominative singular | conquered. |
| patitaṃ (पतितं) | nominative or accusative singular | fallen. |
| vadane (वदने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the mouth. |
| yasya (यस्य) | genitive singular | whose. |
| jagad (जगद्) | form in the line | the world. |
| etac (एतच्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| carācaram (चराचरम्) | nominative or accusative 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. Homage to you, deathless one. Even that Time has been conquered by you, into whose mouth this moving and unmoving world has fallen.