Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.50 Like a pot in the sky
4.50
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
निरालम्बं मनः कृत्वा न किंचिदपि चिन्तयेत् ।
सबाह्याभ्यन्तरं व्योम्नि घटवत् तिष्ठति ध्रुवम् nirālambaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiṃcid api cintayet |
sabāhyābhyantaraṃ vyomni ghaṭavat tiṣṭhati dhruvam
The line
Making the mind supportless, he should think nothing at all. In the sky, outer and inner, he stands firm, like a pot.
नेपालीमा
मनलाई निरालम्ब बनाउँदै उसले केही पनि सोच्नु हुँदैन। बाहिरी र भित्री आकाशमा ऊ घडाझैँ दृढ उभिन्छ।
Where it sits
The simile is a pot standing in space. Na kiṃcid api (न किंचिदपि) is the verse's own nothing.
Split: nirālambaṃ (निरालम्बं) manaḥ (मनः) kṛtvā (कृत्वा) na (न) kiṃcid (किंचिद्) api (अपि) cintayet (चिन्तयेत्) / sa (स) + bāhyābhyantaraṃ (बाह्याभ्यन्तरं) vyomni (व्योम्नि) ghaṭavat (घटवत्) tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) dhruvam (ध्रुवम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirālambaṃ (निरालम्बं) | nominative or accusative singular | supportless. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular | mind. manaḥ (मनः) before a vowel in sandhi, or the stem. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| kiṃcid (किंचिद्) | form in the line | anything. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| cintayet (चिन्तयेत्) | optative | one should think. |
| sa-bāhyābhyantaraṃ (स-बाह्याभ्यन्तरं) | nominative or accusative singular | he. |
| vyomni (व्योम्नि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ghaṭavat (घटवत्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| tiṣṭhati (तिष्ठति) | present | stands. |
| dhruvam (ध्रुवम्) | nominative or accusative singular | certainly. |
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. Making the mind supportless, he should think nothing at all. In the sky, outer and inner, he stands firm, like a pot.