Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.29 The dissolution of the wind rests on nāda
4.29
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
इन्द्रियाणां मनो नाथो मनोनाथस् तु मारुतः ।
मारुतस्य लयो नाथः स लयो नादमाश्रितः indriyāṇāṃ mano nātho manonāthas tu mārutaḥ |
mārutasya layo nāthaḥ sa layo nādam āśritaḥ
The line
The lord of the senses is the mind. The lord of the mind is the wind. The lord of the wind is its dissolution. That dissolution rests on nāda (नाद).
नेपालीमा
इन्द्रियहरूको स्वामी मन हो। मनको स्वामी वायु हो। वायुको स्वामी त्यसको लय हो। त्यो लय नादमा अडिएको छ।
Where it sits
The stair of lords ends at the sound. Nādānusandhāna (नादानुसन्धान) is the search that attends this sound, from 4.66.
Split: indriyāṇāṃ (इन्द्रियाणां) mano (मनो) nātho (नाथो) manonāthas (मनोनाथ) tu (तु) mārutaḥ (मारुतः) / mārutasya (मारुतस्य) layo (लयो) nāthaḥ (नाथः) sa (स) layo (लयो) nādam (नादम्) āśritaḥ (आश्रितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| indriyāṇāṃ (इन्द्रियाणां) | form in the line | a sense. |
| mano (मनो) | form in the line | the mind. The stem in a compound. |
| nātho (नाथो) | form in the line | a lord. Nātha (नाथ), the teacher. |
| manonāthas (मनोनाथ) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| mārutaḥ (मारुतः) | nominative singular | the wind. |
| mārutasya (मारुतस्य) | genitive singular | the wind. |
| layo (लयो) | form in the line | laya. |
| nāthaḥ (नाथः) | nominative singular | a lord. Nātha (नाथ), the teacher. |
| sa (स) | form in the line | he. |
| nādam (नादम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the sound. |
| āśritaḥ (आश्रितः) | nominative singular | resting on. |
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 lord of the senses is the mind. The lord of the mind is the wind. The lord of the wind is its dissolution. That dissolution rests on nāda (नाद).