Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.56 Empty as a pot in the air, full as a pot in the sea
4.56
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अन्तः शून्यो बहिः शून्यः शून्यः कुम्भ इवाम्बरे ।
अन्तः पूर्णो बहिः पूर्णः पूर्णः कुम्भ इवार्णवे antaḥ śūnyo bahiḥ śūnyaḥ śūnyaḥ kumbha ivāmbare |
antaḥ pūrṇo bahiḥ pūrṇaḥ pūrṇaḥ kumbha ivārṇave
The line
Empty inside, empty outside, empty as a pot in the air. Full inside, full outside, full as a pot in the sea.
नेपालीमा
भित्र रित्तो, बाहिर रित्तो, हावामा घडाझैँ रित्तो। भित्र भरिएको, बाहिर भरिएको, समुद्रमा घडाझैँ भरिएको।
Where it sits
Two similes, one emptiness and one fullness. Both are the verse's picture of the same state.
Split: antaḥ (अन्तः) śūnyo (शून्यो) bahiḥ (बहिः) śūnyaḥ (शून्यः) śūnyaḥ (शून्यः) kumbha (कुम्भ) ivāmbare (इवाम्बरे) / antaḥ (अन्तः) pūrṇo (पूर्णो) bahiḥ (बहिः) pūrṇaḥ (पूर्णः) pūrṇaḥ (पूर्णः) kumbha (कुम्भ) ivārṇave (इवार्णवे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| antaḥ (अन्तः) | indeclinable | inside. |
| śūnyo (शून्यो) | form in the line | empty. |
| bahiḥ (बहिः) | indeclinable | outside. |
| śūnyaḥ (शून्यः) | nominative singular | empty. |
| kumbha (कुम्भ) | form in the line | a pot. |
| ivāmbare (इवाम्बरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
| pūrṇo (पूर्णो) | form in the line | full. |
| pūrṇaḥ (पूर्णः) | nominative singular | full. |
| ivārṇave (इवार्णवे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
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. Empty inside, empty outside, empty as a pot in the air. Full inside, full outside, full as a pot in the sea.