Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.22 Latent impression, and the wind
4.22
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
हेतुद्वयं तु चित्तस्य वासना च समीरणः ।
तयोर् विनष्ट एकस्मिन् तौ द्वावपि विनश्यतः hetudvayaṃ tu cittasya vāsanā ca samīraṇaḥ |
tayor vinaṣṭa ekasmin tau dvāv api vinaśyataḥ
The line
The mind has two causes, the latent impression and the wind. When one of them is destroyed, both are destroyed.
नेपालीमा
मनका दुई कारण छन्, सुप्त संस्कार र वायु। तीमध्ये एउटा नष्ट हुँदा दुवै नष्ट हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
Vāsanā (वासना) is the latent impression. Samīraṇa (समीरण) is the wind. The verse's claim is that either one's destruction takes the other.
Split: hetu (हेतु) + dvayaṃ (द्वयं) tu (तु) cittasya (चित्तस्य) vāsanā (वासना) ca (च) samīraṇaḥ (समीरणः) / tayor (तयोर्) vinaṣṭa (विनष्ट) ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) tau (तौ) dvāv (द्वाव्) api (अपि) vinaśyataḥ (विनश्यतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hetu-dvayaṃ (हेतु-द्वयं) | nominative or accusative singular | a cause; a pair. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| cittasya (चित्तस्य) | genitive singular | of the mind. |
| vāsanā (वासना) | nominative singular | a latent impression. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| samīraṇaḥ (समीरणः) | nominative singular | the wind. |
| tayor (तयोर्) | form in the line | of those two. |
| vinaṣṭa (विनष्ट) | form in the line | destroyed. |
| ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) | form in the line | in one. |
| tau (तौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | those two. |
| dvāv (द्वाव्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| vinaśyataḥ (विनश्यतः) | nominative singular | the two perish. |
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 has two causes, the latent impression and the wind. When one of them is destroyed, both are destroyed.