Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.54 Mind in śakti, śakti in mind
4.54
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
शक्तिमध्ये मनः कृत्वा शक्तिं मानसमध्यगाम् ।
मनसा मन आलोक्य धारयेत् परमं पदम् śaktimadhye manaḥ kṛtvā śaktiṃ mānasamadhyagām |
manasā mana ālokya dhārayet paramaṃ padam
The line
Setting the mind in the middle of śakti (शक्ति), and śakti (शक्ति) gone into the middle of the mind, looking at the mind with the mind, he should hold the supreme place.
नेपालीमा
मनलाई शक्तिको बीचमा राखेर, शक्ति मनको बीचमा पुगेपछि, मनले मनलाई हेर्दै उसले परम स्थान समात्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
A reciprocity. The holding is of paramaṃ padam (परमं पदम्), the supreme place of 4.3.
Split: śakti (शक्ति) + madhye (मध्ये) manaḥ (मनः) kṛtvā (कृत्वा) śaktiṃ (शक्तिं) mānasa (मानस) + madhyagām (मध्यगाम्) / manasā (मनसा) mana (मन) ālokya (आलोक्य) dhārayet (धारयेत्) paramaṃ (परमं) padam (पदम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śakti-madhye (शक्ति-मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | power; in the middle. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular | mind. manaḥ (मनः) before a vowel in sandhi, or the stem. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| śaktiṃ (शक्तिं) | form in the line | power. |
| mānasa-madhyagām (मानस-मध्यगाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | the mind; in the middle. |
| manasā (मनसा) | nominative singular | the mind. |
| mana (मन) | form in the line | mind. manaḥ (मनः) before a vowel in sandhi, or the stem. |
| ālokya (आलोक्य) | form in the line | having seen. |
| dhārayet (धारयेत्) | optative | one should hold. |
| paramaṃ (परमं) | nominative or accusative singular | the supreme. |
| padam (पदम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the place. |
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. Setting the mind in the middle of śakti (शक्ति), and śakti (शक्ति) gone into the middle of the mind, looking at the mind with the mind, he should hold the supreme place.