Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.18 The rest are pointless
4.18
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
द्वासप्ततिसहस्राणि नाडीद्वाराणि पञ्जरे ।
सुषुम्णा शाम्भवी शक्तिः शेषास् त्वेव निरर्थकाः dvāsaptatisahasrāṇi nāḍīdvārāṇi pañjare |
suṣumṇā śāmbhavī śaktiḥ śeṣās tv eva nirarthakāḥ
The line
Seventy-two thousand doors of channels are in the cage. Suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा) is the Śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी) śakti (शक्ति). The verse says the rest are pointless.
नेपालीमा
पिँजडामा नाडीका बहत्तर हजार ढोका छन्। सुषुम्णा शाम्भवी शक्ति हो। श्लोकले बाँकी व्यर्थ हुन् भन्छ।
Where it sits
The seventy-two thousand return from 1.41. The nirarthaka (निरर्थक) is the verse's own, said of every channel besides the middle.
Split: dvā (द्वा) + saptati (सप्तति) + sahasrāṇi (सहस्राणि) nāḍī (नाडी) + dvārāṇi (द्वाराणि) pañjare (पञ्जरे) / suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा) śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी) śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) śeṣās (शेषास्) tv (त्व्) eva (एव) nirarthakāḥ (निरर्थकाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvā-saptati-sahasrāṇi (द्वा-सप्तति-सहस्राणि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| nāḍī-dvārāṇi (नाडी-द्वाराणि) | form in the line | a channel. |
| pañjare (पञ्जरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | a cage. |
| suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा) | nominative singular | suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा). |
| śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी) | nominative singular | śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी). |
| śaktiḥ (शक्तिः) | nominative singular | able. |
| śeṣās (शेषास्) | form in the line | the rest. |
| tv (त्व्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| nirarthakāḥ (निरर्थकाः) | nominative plural | without a purpose. |
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. Seventy-two thousand doors of channels are in the cage. Suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा) is the Śāmbhavī (शाम्भवी) śakti (शक्ति). The verse says the rest are pointless.