Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.65 Even for those who cannot know the truth
4.65
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अशक्यतत्त्वबोधानां मूढानामपि संमतम् ।
प्रोक्तं गोरक्षनाथेन नादोपासनमुच्यते aśakyatattvabodhānāṃ mūḍhānām api saṃmatam |
proktaṃ gorakṣanāthena nādopāsanam ucyate
The line
Approved even for those who cannot know the truth, and for the confused: the worship of nāda (नाद) taught by Gorakṣanātha (गोरक्षनाथ) is now said.
नेपालीमा
सत्य जान्न नसक्नेका लागि र भ्रमितका लागि समेत मानिएको, गोरक्षनाथले सिकाएको नादको पूजा अब भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
Nādopāsanā (नादोपासना) is the worship of the sound. Gorakṣa (गोरक्ष) is the teacher the first chapter already named. The verse includes the confused among those the teaching is for.
Split: aśakya (अशक्य) + tattva (तत्त्व) + bodhānāṃ (बोधानां) mūḍhānām (मूढानाम्) api (अपि) saṃmatam (संमतम्) / proktaṃ (प्रोक्तं) gorakṣa (गोरक्ष) + nāthena (नाथेन) nādopāsanam (नादोपासनम्) ucyate (उच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśakya-tattva-bodhānāṃ (अशक्य-तत्त्व-बोधानां) | form in the line | impossible; the truth; to wake, to know. |
| mūḍhānām (मूढानाम्) | genitive plural | the confused. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| saṃmatam (संमतम्) | nominative or accusative singular | agreed. |
| proktaṃ (प्रोक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | taught, called. |
| gorakṣa-nāthena (गोरक्ष-नाथेन) | instrumental singular | Gorakṣa (गोरक्ष); a lord. Nātha (नाथ), the teacher. |
| nādopāsanam (नादोपासनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the worship of nāda (नाद). |
| ucyate (उच्यते) | present | is called. |
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. Approved even for those who cannot know the truth, and for the confused: the worship of nāda (नाद) taught by Gorakṣanātha (गोरक्षनाथ) is now said.