Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.39 A little lift of the brows
4.39
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
तारे ज्योतिषि संयोज्य किंचिदुन्नमयेद् भ्रुवौ ।
पूर्वयोगं मनो युञ्जन्नुन्मनीकारकः क्षणात् tāre jyotiṣi saṃyojya kiṃcid unnamayed bhruvau |
pūrvayogaṃ mano yuñjann unmanīkārakaḥ kṣaṇāt
The line
Joining the light in the pupil, he should lift the brows a little, joining the mind to the previous yoga. In a moment he is a maker of unmanī (उन्मनी).
नेपालीमा
नानीको ज्योति जोडेर उसले भौं अलिकति उठाउनुपर्छ, मनलाई अघिल्लो योगमा जोड्दै। एक क्षणमा ऊ उन्मनीको कर्ता हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Tāra (तार) is the pupil. Unmanī (उन्मनी) is the state beyond the mind, named at 4.3.
Split: tāre (तारे) jyotiṣi (ज्योतिषि) saṃyojya (संयोज्य) kiṃcid (किंचिद्) unnamayed (उन्नमयेद्) bhruvau (भ्रुवौ) / pūrva (पूर्व) + yogaṃ (योगं) mano (मनो) yuñjann (युञ्जन्न्) unmanī (उन्मनी) + kārakaḥ (कारकः) kṣaṇāt (क्षणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tāre (तारे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the pupil. |
| jyotiṣi (ज्योतिषि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| saṃyojya (संयोज्य) | form in the line | having joined. |
| kiṃcid (किंचिद्) | form in the line | anything. |
| unnamayed (उन्नमयेद्) | form in the line | one should raise. |
| bhruvau (भ्रुवौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | as this verse uses the word. |
| pūrva-yogaṃ (पूर्व-योगं) | nominative or accusative singular | earlier; yoga. |
| mano (मनो) | form in the line | the mind. The stem in a compound. |
| yuñjann (युञ्जन्न्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| unmanī-kārakaḥ (उन्मनी-कारकः) | nominative singular | unmanī (उन्मनी); a maker. |
| kṣaṇāt (क्षणात्) | ablative singular | in a moment. |
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. Joining the light in the pupil, he should lift the brows a little, joining the mind to the previous yoga. In a moment he is a maker of unmanī (उन्मनी).