Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.63 The earlier teachers
4.63
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
एवं नानाविधोपायाः सम्यक् स्वानुभवान्विताः ।
समाधिमार्गाः कथिताः पूर्वाचार्यैर् महात्मभिः evaṃ nānāvidhopāyāḥ samyak svānubhavānvitāḥ |
samādhimārgāḥ kathitāḥ pūrvācāryair mahātmabhiḥ
The line
So the various means, rightly joined with one's own experience, have been told as the paths of samādhi (समाधि) by the earlier teachers, the great ones.
नेपालीमा
यसरी आफ्नै अनुभवसँग ठीक जोडिएका विविध उपाय अघिल्ला महान् गुरुहरूले समाधिका बाटा भनेर भनेका छन्।
Where it sits
A pause. The inner sound begins its own teaching at 4.65. 4.64 is the homage between them.
Split: evaṃ (एवं) nānā (नाना) + vidhopāyāḥ (विधोपायाः) samyak (सम्यक्) svānubhavānvitāḥ (स्वानुभवान्विताः) / samādhi (समाधि) + mārgāḥ (मार्गाः) kathitāḥ (कथिताः) pūrvācāryair (पूर्वाचार्यैर्) mahātmabhiḥ (महात्मभिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way. |
| nānā-vidhopāyāḥ (नाना-विधोपायाः) | nominative plural | various. |
| samyak (सम्यक्) | form in the line | rightly. |
| svānubhavānvitāḥ (स्वानुभवान्विताः) | nominative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| samādhi-mārgāḥ (समाधि-मार्गाः) | nominative plural | samādhi (समाधि); the path. |
| kathitāḥ (कथिताः) | nominative plural | told. |
| pūrvācāryair (पूर्वाचार्यैर्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| mahātmabhiḥ (महात्मभिः) | nominative singular | 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. So the various means, rightly joined with one's own experience, have been told as the paths of samādhi (समाधि) by the earlier teachers, the great ones.