Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.48 Śiva's place between the brows
4.48
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
भ्रुवोर् मध्ये शिवस्थानं मनस् तत्र विलीयते ।
ज्ञातव्यं तत्पदं तुर्यं तत्र कालो न विद्यते bhruvor madhye śivasthānaṃ manas tatra vilīyate |
jñātavyaṃ tatpadaṃ turyaṃ tatra kālo na vidyate
The line
Between the brows is Śiva (शिव)'s place. The mind dissolves there. That place is to be known as the fourth. The verse says time is not found there.
नेपालीमा
भौंको बीच शिवको स्थान हो। मन त्यहाँ लीन हुन्छ। त्यो स्थान चौथो भनेर जान्नुपर्छ। श्लोकले भन्छ, त्यहाँ काल भेटिँदैन।
Where it sits
Turya (तुर्य) is the fourth, one of the names at 4.4. The na vidyate (न विद्यते) is the verse's own, said of time.
Split: bhruvor (भ्रुवोर्) madhye (मध्ये) śiva (शिव) + sthānaṃ (स्थानं) manas (मन) tatra (तत्र) vilīyate (विलीयते) / jñātavyaṃ (ज्ञातव्यं) tat (तत्) + padaṃ (पदं) turyaṃ (तुर्यं) tatra (तत्र) kālo (कालो) na (न) vidyate (विद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhruvor (भ्रुवोर्) | form in the line | of the two brows. |
| madhye (मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the middle. |
| śiva-sthānaṃ (शिव-स्थानं) | nominative or accusative singular | Śiva (शिव); place. |
| manas (मन) | form in the line | the mind. |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there. |
| vilīyate (विलीयते) | present | is dissolved. |
| jñātavyaṃ (ज्ञातव्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | to be known. |
| tat-padaṃ (तत्-पदं) | nominative or accusative singular | that; to go, to fall. |
| turyaṃ (तुर्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | the fourth. |
| kālo (कालो) | form in the line | by time. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present | is found. |
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. Between the brows is Śiva (शिव)'s place. The mind dissolves there. That place is to be known as the fourth. The verse says time is not found there.