Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.34 Forgetting the objects
4.34
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
लयो लय इति प्राहुः कीदृशं लयलक्षणम् ।
अपुनर्वासनोत्थानाल् लयो विषयविस्मृतिः layo laya iti prāhuḥ kīdṛśaṃ layalakṣaṇam |
apunarvāsanotthānāl layo viṣayavismṛtiḥ
The line
They say dissolution, dissolution. What is the mark of dissolution? From the latent impressions not rising again, dissolution is the forgetting of objects.
नेपालीमा
उनीहरू लय, लय भन्छन्। लयको चिह्न के हो? संस्कार फेरि नउठ्नाले लय भनेको विषय बिर्सनु हो।
Where it sits
The verse's definition. Vismṛti (विस्मृति) is forgetting. 4.97 will say the hearing of nāda (नाद) makes him forget everything.
Split: layo (लयो) laya (लय) iti (इति) prāhuḥ (प्राहुः) kīdṛśaṃ (कीदृशं) laya (लय) + lakṣaṇam (लक्षणम्) / apunar (अपुनर्) + vāsanotthānāl (वासनोत्थानाल्) layo (लयो) viṣaya (विषय) + vismṛtiḥ (विस्मृतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| layo (लयो) | form in the line | laya. |
| laya (लय) | form in the line | laya. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| prāhuḥ (प्राहुः) | form in the line | they say. |
| kīdṛśaṃ (कीदृशं) | nominative or accusative singular | of what kind. |
| laya-lakṣaṇam (लय-लक्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular | laya; a mark. |
| apunar-vāsanotthānāl (अपुनर्-वासनोत्थानाल्) | form in the line | not again. |
| viṣaya-vismṛtiḥ (विषय-विस्मृतिः) | nominative singular | objects; forgetting. |
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. They say dissolution, dissolution. What is the mark of dissolution? From the latent impressions not rising again, dissolution is the forgetting of objects.