Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.31 Breath gone, grasp gone
4.31
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
प्रनष्टश्वासनिश्वासः प्रध्वस्तविषयग्रहः ।
निश्चेष्टो निर्विकारश् च लयो जयति योगिनाम् pranaṣṭaśvāsaniśvāsaḥ pradhvastaviṣayagrahaḥ |
niśceṣṭo nirvikāraś ca layo jayati yoginām
The line
Breath in and breath out destroyed, the grasp of objects destroyed, motionless, unchanging: the dissolution conquers, for yogins.
नेपालीमा
भित्रिने सास र निस्किने सास नष्ट भएको, विषयको पकड नष्ट भएको, नचल्ने, नबदलिने लय योगीहरूका लागि जित्छ।
Where it sits
Śvāsa (श्वास) and niḥśvāsa (निःश्वास) are the two breaths. Laya (लय) is the dissolution that conquers.
Split: pranaṣṭa (प्रनष्ट) + śvāsa (श्वास) + niśvāsaḥ (निश्वासः) pradhvasta (प्रध्वस्त) + viṣaya (विषय) + grahaḥ (ग्रहः) / niśceṣṭo (निश्चेष्टो) nirvikāraś (निर्विकारश्) ca (च) layo (लयो) jayati (जयति) yoginām (योगिनाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pranaṣṭa-śvāsa-niśvāsaḥ (प्रनष्ट-श्वास-निश्वासः) | nominative singular | destroyed; inhalation; exhalation. |
| pradhvasta-viṣaya-grahaḥ (प्रध्वस्त-विषय-ग्रहः) | nominative singular | destroyed; objects; to take. |
| niśceṣṭo (निश्चेष्टो) | form in the line | without gesture. |
| nirvikāraś (निर्विकारश्) | form in the line | without change. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| layo (लयो) | form in the line | laya. |
| jayati (जयति) | present | conquers. |
| yoginām (योगिनाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | by the yogin. |
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. Breath in and breath out destroyed, the grasp of objects destroyed, motionless, unchanging: the dissolution conquers, for yogins.