Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.33 Where the gaze dissolves
4.33
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यत्र दृष्टिर् लयस् तत्र भूतेन्द्रियसनातनी ।
सा शक्तिर् जीवभूतानां द्वे अलक्ष्ये लयं गते yatra dṛṣṭir layas tatra bhūtendriyasanātanī |
sā śaktir jīvabhūtānāṃ dve alakṣye layaṃ gate
The line
Where the gaze is, there is dissolution, the ancient power of the elements and the senses. When those two, the power of living beings, have gone to the unmarked, there is dissolution.
नेपालीमा
जहाँ दृष्टि हुन्छ, त्यहाँ लय हुन्छ, भूत र इन्द्रियको प्राचीन शक्ति। जब ती दुई, जीवहरूको शक्ति, चिह्न नभएकोतिर गएका हुन्छन्, लय हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Alakṣya (अलक्ष्य) is the unmarked. The gaze is the place of laya (लय).
Split: yatra (यत्र) dṛṣṭir (दृष्टिर्) layas (लय) tatra (तत्र) bhūtendriya (भूतेन्द्रिय) + sanātanī (सनातनी) / sā (सा) śaktir (शक्तिर्) jīva (जीव) + bhūtānāṃ (भूतानां) dve (द्वे) alakṣye (अलक्ष्ये) layaṃ (लयं) gate (गते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | wherever. |
| dṛṣṭir (दृष्टिर्) | form in the line | the gaze. |
| layas (लय) | form in the line | laya. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| bhūtendriya-sanātanī (भूतेन्द्रिय-सनातनी) | nominative singular | ancient. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular | that. |
| śaktir (शक्तिर्) | form in the line | able. |
| jīva-bhūtānāṃ (जीव-भूतानां) | form in the line | a living being; a being. |
| dve (द्वे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the two. |
| alakṣye (अलक्ष्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | unmarked. |
| layaṃ (लयं) | nominative or accusative singular | laya. |
| gate (गते) | present | gone. |
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. Where the gaze is, there is dissolution, the ancient power of the elements and the senses. When those two, the power of living beings, have gone to the unmarked, there is dissolution.