Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.26 Bind the rasa, bind the mind
4.26
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
रसस्य मनसश् चैव चञ्चलत्वं स्वभावतः ।
रसो बद्धो मनो बद्धं किं न सिद्ध्यति भूतले rasasya manasaś caiva cañcalatvaṃ svabhāvataḥ |
raso baddho mano baddhaṃ kiṃ na siddhyati bhūtale
The line
Restlessness belongs to rasa and to the mind by their own being. When rasa is bound, the mind is bound. What then would fail to succeed on the earth?
नेपालीमा
चञ्चलता रस र मनको आफ्नै स्वभाव हो। रस बाँधिँदा मन बाँधिन्छ। तब पृथ्वीमा के चाहिँ सिद्ध नहोला?
Where it sits
Rasa (रस) here is the vital juice, kin to the drop. The verse treats it and the mind as the restless pair.
Split: rasasya (रसस्य) manasaś (मनसश्) caiva (चैव) cañcalatvaṃ (चञ्चलत्वं) svabhāvataḥ (स्वभावतः) / raso (रसो) baddho (बद्धो) mano (मनो) baddhaṃ (बद्धं) kiṃ (किं) na (न) siddhyati (सिद्ध्यति) bhūtale (भूतले)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rasasya (रसस्य) | genitive singular | taste. |
| manasaś (मनसश्) | form in the line | the mind. |
| caiva (चैव) | indeclinable | and indeed. |
| cañcalatvaṃ (चञ्चलत्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| svabhāvataḥ (स्वभावतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| raso (रसो) | form in the line | taste. |
| baddho (बद्धो) | form in the line | bound. |
| mano (मनो) | form in the line | the mind. The stem in a compound. |
| baddhaṃ (बद्धं) | nominative or accusative singular | bound. |
| kiṃ (किं) | indeclinable | what. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| siddhyati (सिद्ध्यति) | present | succeeds. |
| bhūtale (भूतले) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the earth. |
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. Restlessness belongs to rasa and to the mind by their own being. When rasa is bound, the mind is bound. What then would fail to succeed on the earth?